Castro Resigns

[Vladimir]

One of them was a dictatorial el Presidente who took a formerly rich country and ran it into the ground, and the other one's Fidel Castro.

Not even close. Seven years vs. about fifty. One impoverished El Presidente with a population eating lawn grass and driving bicycles and `55 Chevy`s outlasted everything the CIA could throw at him, and blew through Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and right into the last year of W`s second term.

There`s no mistake who won this fight.

How is that related to the general corruption, robbery and general crappiness of the american healthcare system?

Spain has private clinics, sure, but it also has a national welfare system.

My point was that when the embargo is lifted US doctors will have to face tougher competition, and therefore lower costs. Cubans don't have to pay off ridiculous college loans, and therefore will be cheaper.

As a side effect, perhaps the ridiculous college fees might be curbed also.

You want to talk corruption?

Hey, I have an idea. Why don't we just make an exact duplicate of Britain's NHS?

Are you serious? How many people flock to Cuba, Spain, and the UK for treatment? How was East Germany doing before reunification?