Although it would be nice to cite a reference for the "world's health statistics", I suspect that if Cuba looks good in any such listing, it is due to the "Mussolini made the trains run on time" principle. Cuban physicians and other health workers do as they are told. I doubt anyone in authority there is telling them to report anything that would jeopardize Cuba's high ranking in these statistics. Please don't misconstrue what I have just said as a defense of the U.S. system. It has its virtues, but compared to some others, it ranks poorly overall by most measures. Nevertheless, I think the discourse is best served when limited to countries with at least a smidgen of political freedom. Compared to Cuba, apartheid-era South Africa was a beacon of democracy.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Steve at Verizon <stevet...@verizon.net>wrote: > Then why are Cuban doctors fleeing to the US? See this article from the > NYT. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04cuba.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all > > phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Fred Holmes<f...@his.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> If you drive the drug companies out of business, then the government will >>> have to manufacture current drugs and develop new ones. Will they do a >>> better job of it? Unlikely! >>> >>> >> >> For what it is worth, Cuba has one of the best, if not the overall >> best health care system in the world. Check out the world's health >> statistics and see for yourself. Marcio can speak to this issue I am >> sure. > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
