Of course.

Cuba is a dictatorship with the dictator's status directly tied to its medical system. The party makes damn sure the infant mortality numbers are good. The UN has just been a willing patsy on this issue. The same can be said about Cuba's vaunted medical internationalism. The Cuban gov't sends the doctors and leaves their families in Cuba -- just to keep them safe. Do you know why they do that? Leverage. The doctors are leased out by the gov't to other countries -- kind of a 'rent a slave' concept.

When it comes to Cuba, the progressive press is just not interested in exploring the systemic nature of these issues.

"When it comes to Cuba, the progressive press is just not interested in exploring the systemic nature of these issues. "

Yeah sure, its all just a left wing conspiracy and the progressive press is nothing but lies, lies and more lies. So how do you explain the life expectancy in a poor country like Cuba being equal (actually just slightly higher) than that of the USA if not for their preventative approach to medical care.

Yeah sure, its all just a left wing conspiracy and the progressive press is nothing but lies, lies and more lies.

"Unfortunately they only let you use it if you are over 65 years old. "

My best friend is moving back to Canada after twenty years in the USA because he is retiring. He is turning 65 and would be eligible for medicare if he stayed since he is also a duel American/Canadian citizen but his wife is only 58 and will have no health care coverage at all because she was under his plan at work, but now that he is retired, she has no coverage unless she coughs up something like a grand a month for private insurance and that doesn't cover any previous existing health conditions and also has a large front loaded deductible.

"Is this photo from the 1940s? "

I'll guess its probably from modern day Cuba, but the point of the posted article is that Cuba has done a lot with its healthcare considering how poor the country is and facing an American embargo all these years. Emphasizing prevention and not being a part of the big pharma medical industrial complex has a lot to do with this.

He is turning 65 and would be eligible for medicare if he stayed since he is also a duel American/Canadian citizen but his wife is only 58 and will have no health care coverage at all because she was under his plan at work, but now that he is retired, she has no coverage unless she coughs up something like a grand a month for private insurance and that doesn't cover any previous existing health conditions and also has a large front loaded deductible.

private insurance and that doesn't cover any previous existing health conditions

I have never fully understood the hysteria over pre-existing conditions. From what I know, most insurance plans have an exclusion period for pre-existing conditions 6-18 months usually, but that is waived if you had creditable coverage beforehand, without a break of more than 63 days. So, if you had a job, and insurance, you can change jobs, get new insurance and be fully covered because your previous insurance would be creditable coverage.

Am I missing something?

my wife and I were both refused coverage in 2010 due to "pre-existing conditions", despite both of us having been under continuous, uninterrupted health insurance since childhood