The Wonders of Cuba's Free Health Care

In what has to be one of the greatest ironies, Cuba's dictator, Fidel Castro underwent surgery in his communist paradise which, if you listen to our Spanish department, boasts free, quality care for its citizens. The surgery has been said to be botched, and Castro is said to be in critical condition. Yet the progressives in this country still wish to implement a universal health care system despite its notoriously long waiting lines, minimal freedom of health care services,and as Castro's case has demonstrated to us, poor quality of care.

"It's not a good story. Too bad they didn't send him to Miami for surgery," said Dr. Charles Gerson, a clinical professor of medicine in the gastroenterology division of New York's Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

Yes, too bad indeed.

-burke