Thread: Vale Fidel Castro

I didn't realise communism was such a sensitive issue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PdecBn2no

Originally Posted by bob10

Humans are funny cattle, one mans terrorist is another's freedom fighter.Depends where you stand when you're looking. Doesn't excuse the nasty stuff though. Having said that, there are plenty in the western World with more blood on their hands .

I know some people who call Nelson Mandela a terrorist. Perhaps in a way he was. Extreme conditions called for extreme actions.

Castro did a good thing getting rid of the corrupt Batiste regime, but then lots of bad things happened under his rule.
Obama's move to improve relations with Cuba will hopefully continue to improve the situation for ordinary Cubans, but some people just love to hate.

BTW that US medical bill is staggering. It's amazing to think that some Americans actually criticise Obama for introducing Obamacare, when actually it was a great achievement.

Originally Posted by incisor

obviously not....

He was certainly an interesting character.

It seems he survived over 600 CIA assassination attempts.

Originally Posted by bob10

Yep. And there are some who would get rid of medicare.No prizes for guessing they are those who need it the least.

Who would they be Bob?
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

However, what I will say is, How much longer will we be able to afford it,...why don't the U.S., U.K., ANY country have "medicare",....why don't they?
Pickles.

they do .... to some degree

Australia spends 8.9% of its GDP on health care.

The Unites States of America spends 17.7% of its GDP on health care with poorer outcomes and NOT all the population are covered.

The USA relies heavily on the private market for health care.

Most OECD countries have adopted publicly funded universal health care because they believe it is the most efficient means of delivering high quality health care for the whole population.

the figures show that 10% spent up front saves 30-80% on future costs when talking about preventable disease according to stats i read a while ago.

how true are they, no idea

i would love to hear from those in the professions to see if that sort of stat is anywhere near accurate.

those sorts of stats say to me that we can not afford not to be doing it otherwise the next generation id going to be paying for it.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Of course it doesn't always cost $153,000 to have a snake bite treated in America.

A quick Duck Duck Go (just like Google only better) search reveals that some snake bite victims in America have been charged as little as $146,000 or even $89,000 to have a snake bite treated.

I'm sure if you organised a 'group buy' on snake bite treatments they would make it cheaper..
Yank doctors also have high fees, ever watched the Doctors on the TV program 'The Doctors', look at all the expensive plastic faces they have, some one has to pay for all that