Kenya makes U.S. health care look great

You think health care in the U.S. has issues? A Tribune article says indigent Kenyans are literally imprisoned in the hospitals until they can pay their bills.

Tragically, healthcare horror stories are common in Africa, where developing countries rarely have medical safety nets for the poor. But an increase in cases of cash-starved public hospitals and mortuaries detaining patients and even corpses over unpaid bills is spurring outrage in Kenya.

The parents of one 11-year-old girl with kidney disease issued a public appeal in April to clear a $2,000 hospital bill. The girl recovered in January but has been detained since then by the government-run Kenyatta National Hospital here in Nairobi, the capital.

It's quite an illuminating read.