"Is it okay...."
The way you couch that question seems to assume that it's any of your (the U.S.A's) fuckin business.
While Russia is helping Cuba build its space program perhaps the U.S. ought to go down there and ask Cuba to help it build a health system. yea ya think.
........i think the space program is purely for space exploration
speaking on that issue.Cuba already has one of the best health care systems in the western hemisphere
i guess you forgot about katrina how castro offered doctors to george dubya.also lets not forget cuba provides doctors and equipment to venezuela,equacador,brazil,argentina,nicagara and bolivia.
i cant answer that ?.....you probably need to write a letter and ask castro himself and he can probably better answer it than i can.im sure he has his own personal reasons to the why's.....but answer my ? on this.why is health care even a debate here in the U.S.....thats not even a debate whats so ever in cuba at all....why does it almost seem like a life or death situation here in the US.?
speaking on that issue. cuba already has one of the best health care systems in the western hemisphere
thank you homie for posting that stat you have there.co fuckin sign.Historically, Cuba has ranked high in numbers of medical personnel and has made significant contributions to world health since the 19th century.[39] Today, Cuba has universal free health care and although shortages of medical supplies persist, there is no shortage of medical personnel.[115] Primary care is available throughout the island and infant and maternal mortality rates compare favorably with those in developed nations.[115]
Post-Revolution Cuba initially experienced an overall worsening in terms of disease and infant mortality rates in the 1960s when half its 6,000 doctors left the country.[116] Recovery occurred by the 1980s.[34] The Communist government asserted that universal healthcare was to become a priority of state planning and progress was made in rural areas.[117] Like the rest of the Cuban economy, Cuban medical care suffered from severe material shortages following the end of Soviet subsidies in 1991 followed by a tightening of the U.S. embargo in 1992.[118]
Challenges include low pay of doctors (only 15 dollars a month[119]), poor facilities, poor provision of equipment, and frequent absence of essential drugs.[120] Nevertheless, Cuba has the highest doctor-to-population ratio in the world and has sent thousands of doctors to more than 40 countries around the world.[121]
According to the UN, the life expectancy in Cuba is 78.3 years (76.2 for males and 80.4 for females). This ranks Cuba 37th in the world and 3rd in the Americas, behind only Canada and Chile, and just ahead of the United States. Infant mortality in Cuba declined from 32 (infant deaths per 1,000 live births) in 1957, to 10 in 1990–95 [122]. Infant mortality in 2000–2005 was 6.1 per 1,000 live births (compared to 6.8 in the USA).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#cite_note-118
Even with meager resources due to the 60 year embargo by the United States Cuba equals and in many areas surpasses the US on many universal measures of health.
What is clear is that U.S. ranks nearly last in almost every comparison with other industrialized nations....with the exception of one COST...the cost of health care in the US is three times any other country among the 17 industrial nations. Some idiots think that the more a thing costs the better it is.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/20/3/10.pdf
No Lamarr when it comes to health you absolutely do not get what you pay 4 in the U.S.
thank you homie for posting that stat you have there.co fuckin sign.
I am perplexed by a mentality which believes the "market"/profit are appropriate determinants for health services.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE KEEPING THE EMBARGO IN PLACE.Peace Ahk. I just met with our insurance broker to discuss health care options for the agency I work for....it is a fuckin disgrace...basically four companies monopolizing the industry and who feel emboldened to raise rates from one year to the next by over 30%, increase co-pays and deductibles and limit your choice of physicians. If Cuba had just a 1/3 more resources then it does it would crush the U.S. on every level. Which is precisely why they will not lift that embargo. did you hear obama promising to keep it in place.
agreed! IMO, Our officials need to determine if it is a threat to our national security. without that intel, it's hard to speculate.
? HOW WOULD HAVING A SPACE STATION OR PROGRAM IN CUBA BE SEEN A RETALITORY MEASURE FOR BASES LINED UP AROUND THE EASTERN BLOCK.?
On the other hand, this may be seen as retaliation for our bases lined up around the eastern block.