haha, point taken max.
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
haha, point taken max. [/quote]
Thanx bud, but here comes Joe College (aka Ryan) with his pocket protector and list of reports claiming that you are wrong.
OK Ryan, let’s here it.
[quote]BostonBarrister wrote:
One of the pieces of information from bigflamer’s articles you have chosen not to address is the contention that there are multiple healthcare systems in Cuba. One for medical tourists, one for the connected, and one for everyone else. The first two are supposed to be quite excellent; the last, not so much. That trifurcation of the system would explain your apparent paradoxes of biotechnology, doctors, etc.[/quote]
[quote]Ryan P. McCarter wrote:
I am not very impressed with these allegations because we have a similar setup here. While it is not something to brag about, we have our own problems with citizens being denied care, and so since this is obviously not a failing unique to Cuba, I find it not very relevant. [/quote]
I suppose the difference is in the relative size of the groups who receive the care, and the criteria for moving among them…
[quote]Ryan P. McCarter wrote:
Uh-oh! We wouldn’t want a system where the elites get special treatment!
Note to free marketers: please do not make this complaint when this is the exact system that you advocate for this country.[/quote]
But this is a very legitimate critique. In a free market system we are not forcing others to pay for our “Cadillac Healthcare”. Elites can get elite care, but at least they are the ones footing the bill for it. In Cuba the people are being fleeced so others can live parasitically off of their work. Class systems and warfare know no economic model it would appear.