Health Care In Cuba

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Before I began this Blog, I posted a video on my Facebook page that dealt with the failed health care system that exists in Cuba. It has now been viewed over 5,000 times and I have received several requests to post it where it can be seen by those who are not registered Facebook members. Here it is.


Since posting that video I have done additional research on Cuba's medical care system and I discovered yet another of Cuba's dirty little secrets.

Despite what people like Michael Moore would have you believe, Cuba's health care system is not only a huge failure, what is hidden from the world is that Cuba actually has two separate and distinct health care systems.

One system is reserved for Cuba's elite - the high ranking members of the communist party, diplomats, and of course tourists. In other words, anyone who matters to the Cuban government. Just like in every other communist country, the government's elite make sure to take good care of their own as well as anyone who might shine a light on just how bad things are.

The elite's health care system is the one that Michael Moore deceivingly showed the world in his movie "Sicko". Moore disingenuously pretended to be showing the health care system for everyday Cubans to the world but he knew it was anything but that. This is also the health care system that Castro-apologists spotlight when they try to tell everyone how great things are in Cuba.

Hospital room for Cuba's elite 

But this system is only available to a very limited few in Cuba. It's certainly not what the Cuban people are afforded. The rest of the Cuban people get the medical care table scraps, just like they do with food, clothing, and other aspects of their lives.

Hospital room for the Cuban people

I've since created a second video exposing the differences between the two health care systems in Cuba. After watching it I doubt seriously that any reasonable person would ever believe that Cuba's health care system is anything other than deplorable.


When Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, one of the many unkept promises that he made to the people was that they would have the finest medical care regardless of social status. Castro had a huge advantage over other despots who overthrow a government - Cuba was blessed with a medical care system that rivaled any in the world, ranking 11th overall in terms of the number of doctors per capita.

A sign in Havana that promises "Health For All"

But once Castro implemented his system of communism, Cuba's health care system went the same way as every other aspect of life under a communist regime. Promises of equality for all quickly became the communist reality where one system is created for the government's elite and another for the rest of the people. Health care in Cuba is no exception.

For quite some time, the military elite and diplomats have enjoyed a health care system care that affords patients only the very best Cuba has to offer. Tourists have been added to the elite class who receive the best medical care available because it is in the government's interest to ensure that tourists tell their friends what a great their experience they had in Cuba.

The rest of the people? Hospitals are crumbling; elevators are inoperable; sanitation is abominable; medical equipment is antiquated; pharmacies are operating on a 30% supply of needed drugs; and patients must bring their own bed sheets, towels, medicine, and food.

In short, the level of care is worse than that in third world countries.

Welcome to Fidel's Cuba.

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