It seems that the US blockade on Cuba has made it difficult for the Cubans to advance their healthcare, claiming that especially cancer victims, but 64% of the required medicines are made in Cuba.
Fidel Castro gave this speech where he mentions offering a buttload of support to the state of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina which evidently was turned down by the U.S. federal government.
Speech by Fidel Castro
"Honorable Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Governor of the state of Louisiana.
"Madame Governor:
"We have carefully read your Executive Order No. KBB 2005-33 establishing the ‘Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of In-State Licensure for Medical Professionals and Personnel Licensed Out-of-State’, quoting that ‘… although scores of people have been rescued, there are many more persons waiting for rescue, evacuation and medical assistance, and many citizens have suffered or will suffer injury and/or illness…’. The Declaration also states that ‘…the number of medical professionals and personnel currently available to the state to respond to this emergency are insufficient and there is a need to immediately supplement their number in order to serve those affected by this disaster…’"
"I would like to communicate to you that the necessary Cuban personnel, up to 1,586 qualified and experienced physicians, carrying the appropriate medicines that the new circumstances may dictate, that was offered to the United States to assist the population and relieve the suffering of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, stands ready to fly immediately to the State of Louisiana as soon as you have the corresponding authorization from the federal authorities.
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
still waiting for the cuba link by the way, so you have yet to prove your argument either
You've totally missed the point about sicko
it's not about how great things are in cuba, it's about how our system sucks.
You're like one of those critical of the film by saying "Moore is inaccurate in the number of people who have no health care, it's not 50 million it's 46 million!" As usual Moore has stretched the truth about some stuff and gives a skewed view about other things. But like his other movies, if even 10% of what he's saying is true it's pretty damning.
I live in California and I have no idea what someone in DC is thinking but I know that they take money from health care providers for their campaigns then kill any hope of universal health care.
got any Aetna in your stock potfolio by chance?
you've mistaken me for someone else. i've never argued numbers. my argument is that i shouldn't have to pay for others.
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It seems that the US blockade on Cuba has made it difficult for the Cubans to advance their healthcare, claiming that especially cancer victims, but 64% of the required medicines are made in Cuba.
Blockade
http://www.cubavsbloqueo.cu/Default.aspx?tabid=279
http://www.cubaminrex.cu/bloqueo/Eng/03_eng.htm
Some of the advances by year of the Cuban health care system
Advances
http://www.cubaminrex.cu/English/61CDH/Healthcare.htm
Fidel Castro gave this speech where he mentions offering a buttload of support to the state of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina which evidently was turned down by the U.S. federal government.
Speech by Fidel Castro
"Honorable Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Governor of the state of Louisiana.
"Madame Governor:
"We have carefully read your Executive Order No. KBB 2005-33 establishing the ‘Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of In-State Licensure for Medical Professionals and Personnel Licensed Out-of-State’, quoting that ‘… although scores of people have been rescued, there are many more persons waiting for rescue, evacuation and medical assistance, and many citizens have suffered or will suffer injury and/or illness…’. The Declaration also states that ‘…the number of medical professionals and personnel currently available to the state to respond to this emergency are insufficient and there is a need to immediately supplement their number in order to serve those affected by this disaster…’"
"I would like to communicate to you that the necessary Cuban personnel, up to 1,586 qualified and experienced physicians, carrying the appropriate medicines that the new circumstances may dictate, that was offered to the United States to assist the population and relieve the suffering of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, stands ready to fly immediately to the State of Louisiana as soon as you have the corresponding authorization from the federal authorities.
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/speeches/art06.html
And the most reliable source the World Health Organization ranks Cuba higher than USA and Canada on many things including infant mortality rates.
WHO
http://www.who.int/countries/cub/en/
http://www.who.int/countries/usa/en/
http://www.who.int/whosis/database/core/core_select.cfm
you've mistaken me for someone else. i've never argued numbers. my argument is that i shouldn't have to pay for others.