- Joined
- May 13, 2010
- Messages
- 5,250
- Reaction score
- 763
- Location
- Los Angels, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Slightly Conservative
The Castroit regime has a universal health care system. It is a state monopoly where private health care services are prohibited. Because of it, regular Cubans have to wait a long time for treatment and have a hard time getting necessary prescriptions. Many services and the latest technologies are available only to foreigners paying in dollars, to the party elite and the higher ranks in the military at excellent health facilities built for that purpose. But regular Cubans are not allowed to use those facilities.
The regular Cuban when admitted to a hospital for the common people, have to bring their own bed sheets, blankets, food and others basic necessities. As we can see the wonder of the socialized medicine are not equally experienced. The dysfunctional health care system is due to the failure of the Castros regime economic and political system, and it is aggravated by diverting the meager health resources to fulfill the needs of foreign patients and the regime elite.
The regular Cuban when admitted to a hospital for the common people, have to bring their own bed sheets, blankets, food and others basic necessities. As we can see the wonder of the socialized medicine are not equally experienced. The dysfunctional health care system is due to the failure of the Castros regime economic and political system, and it is aggravated by diverting the meager health resources to fulfill the needs of foreign patients and the regime elite.