http://healthblog.ncpa.org/socialized-medicine-no-utopia/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 07:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/socialized-medicine-no-utopia/comment-page-1/#comment-45203 Ray Branton Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:10:22 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4800#comment-45203 I was privileged to be among the first to visit Cuba legally when restrictions were partially lifted in about 1995. We stayed at a tourist-oriented hotel. Prostitutes thronged the entrance. One who approached a travel companion of mine claimed she was a medical doctor. When he scoffed, she showed him her credentials! She said prostitution was the only way she could feed her family - her government salary was so low. I'll never forget this. I was privileged to be among the first to visit Cuba legally when restrictions were partially lifted in about 1995. We stayed at a tourist-oriented hotel. Prostitutes thronged the entrance. One who approached a travel companion of mine claimed she was a medical doctor. When he scoffed, she showed him her credentials! She said prostitution was the only way she could feed her family – her government salary was so low. I’ll never forget this.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/socialized-medicine-no-utopia/comment-page-1/#comment-45164 Devon Herrick Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:05:01 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4800#comment-45164 Professor Milica Bookman, development economist and co-author of Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, used to believe Cuba had potential as a medical tourism destination. After visiting the island, she decided it could not provide the high quality medical care international patients would demand. http://www.jeffschult.com/blog/2008/01/11/cuba-not-ready-for-prime-time/ Professor Milica Bookman, development economist and co-author of Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, used to believe Cuba had potential as a medical tourism destination. After visiting the island, she decided it could not provide the high quality medical care international patients would demand.
http://www.jeffschult.com/blog/2008/01/11/cuba-not-ready-for-prime-time/

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/socialized-medicine-no-utopia/comment-page-1/#comment-45161 Stephen C. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:41:31 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=4800#comment-45161 It's amazing that so few people challenged Michael Moore's nonsense at the time the film was released. It’s amazing that so few people challenged Michael Moore’s nonsense at the time the film was released.

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