I’m not crazy about Fred Thompson as a presidential candidate, but I do like his straightforward rhetorical style. That virtue is on full display in his opinion piece about the popular mythology surrounding Cuban health care:
Cuban medical care has never recovered from Castro’s takeover … many Cubans live with permanent malnutrition and long waits for even basic medical services. Many treatments we take for granted aren’t available at all — except to the Communist elite or foreigners with dollars.
Thompson then moves on to one of the enduring mysteries of the ongoing health care debate:
What is it that leads people to value theoretically “free” health care, even when it’s lousy or nonexistent, over a free society that actually delivers health care?
Ironically, it is mostly the “reality-based” community that is actively perpetuating the mythology created by Castro’s propaganda machine. As to what it is “that leads people” to participate in such an obvious fraud, I cover that here.
UPDATE:
Linking to this story from a different source, Kevin, MD highlights another point that should not be missed in Thompson’s piece. When Castro needed medical care, he flew in a Spanish physician to handle the job. If Cuban health care is so wonderful, why didn’t the old dictator rely on the home team?
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