[alistoriv]

In addition, the best healthcare system in the world, according the WHO, is in Cuba, where it certainly isn't run on a for-profit basis. Moving medicine away from the private sector allows for a stronger focus on preventative care, which is significantly less profitable.

I think that worrying about removing the profit motive entirely misses that fact that not only is the profit motive not the only motive for doing things, but oftentimes not even the determinate factor.

[rusk]

As much as I wanted this to be true it doesn’t really stand up to scrutiny. Yes “day to day” access to healthcare is far superior but it’s very week on the high end stuff. Even Castro in his final hours was treated in a Spanish hospital. Ideally we would want some kind of reasonable alternative that exists between these two extremes ...

[hhw]

Correlation != Causation

The more likely explanation for Castro seeking treatment in Spain is that Cuba is a relatively small country of only 11 million, and it should be expected that they're not at the very forefront of the world on every area of medical expertise.

[rusk]

My substantial point still stands.