False Things About Cuba That Americans Believe

If Cuba were a can of facts, it would bulge with Communist botulism. However, in 2007 Michael Moore made botulism look healthy. As Reuters reported, Moore's documentary Sicko compared America's for-profit healthcare system with Cuba's socialist model. He visited Cuba with American heroes who incurred illnesses from rummaging through the rubble of the 9/11 terrorist

If Cuba were a can of facts, it would bulge with Communist botulism. However, in 2007 Michael Moore made botulism look healthy. As Reuters reported, Moore's documentary Sicko compared America's for-profit healthcare system with Cuba's socialist model. He visited Cuba with American heroes who incurred illnesses from rummaging through the rubble of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A clinic in Havana provided first-rate, cost-free care, whereas receiving the same procedures in the USA would have drained those patients' wallets like a financial Dracula.

Sicko's depiction of Cuba's health system could make the reddest-blooded American wish they had hammer-and-sickle-cell anemia. Yet most sick Cuban's don't receive the "Sicko" treatment. A Cuban physician in Florida clarified that the island has a "two-tiered" health system which reserves its fanciest facilities for tourists, celebrities, and high-ranking Communists. Average citizens get below-average service at hospitals that lack basic supplies. Moreover, contrary to Moore's experience, tourists typically pay for treatment.

In fairness, Cuba boasts high life expectancy, low child mortality, and free health services for citizens, despite having an ailing economy. But the government achieves this by stressing preventative care and forcing Cubans to use it. A group of Michigan med students who worked in Cuba witnessed this insistence. In 2018 they told Michigan Radio that sometimes women who have high-risk pregnancies must live at maternity wards for months. If those women resist, law enforcement forces them. Furthermore, Cuba cuts costs by cutting corners. That means reusing gloves, using insufficient equipment, and forgoing routine screenings. 

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