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Brazil health care is actually decent, better than the American for sure. Universities are also free.

• stephenfg 6y ago
  Regarding universities, they may be free, but the number of admissions is very, very limited. The competition is very harsh. In reality, most people who are able to get in are those capable of paying for very good schools or preparatory courses, and these courses can be very expensive [0]. Sometimes, people have to try for years before being able to join those universities [1]. When your family is very poor, this situation makes it impossible for the student to keep on trying. Sometimes parents can't keep paying for the preparatory course, or worse, the student may have to forfeit it's dreams of studying in favor of working and helping with household expenses. As seen in [0], most people studying in free universities are actually in a pretty good financial situation. Sometimes, people from very poor families manage to study for free, but this is rare and often newsworthy [2]. In my humble opinion, I don't think universities are really free. There are many financial costs associated with studying in a public university. [0] http://www.brasil-economia-governo.org.br/2016/06/15/como-as-universidades-publicas-no-brasil-perpetuam-a-desigualdade-de-renda-fatos-dados-e-solucoes/ http://www.brasil-economia-governo.org.br/2016/06/15/como-as... [1] https://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/2020/01/29/paraibano-e-primeiro-lugar-em-medicina-na-usp-o-principal-foi-entender-quem-eu-era.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/2020/01/29/paraibano... [2] https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/metro/estudante-que-viajava-53km-diariamente-para-estudar-em-fortaleza-consegue-aprovacao-em-medicina-1.2204539 https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/metro/estudante-...