[Luis Gonzalez]

Oh Lord...another one.

I'm trying to have a vacation of sorts here, but it looks like there may be bats in the belfry once again.

larry, when you mention that Cuba can deliver medical services at 1% of what our cost, what costs are you talking about?

[metesky]

Luis, it ain't like a bunch of capitalist doctor friends of Larry got together and said, "Hey guys, let's go to Cuba and see how they do things right!"

I think his friends already had socialist leanings, Luis.

[liberallarry]

Sorry. Just saw your post.

larry, when you mention that Cuba can deliver medical services at 1% of what our cost, what costs are you talking about?

I don't know what costs I'm talking about. I mentioned the problems our hospital (and most rural hospitals) is having to some doctors who I thought were well informed. They spoke to me of Cuba - and gave me this tid-bit. I have no idea what it means but it's important to me to investigate any approach which might allow rural hospitals to deliver decent health-care and run in the black. The alternative - continuing on the present path - seems to lead to vastly diminished health-care in rural areas, no hospitals, and the increasing death of rural communities.

Perhaps that's inevitable in a changing economy. But since I live here, and have taken the post of director, I'm not neutral.