dclydew: I have to disagree. The american health care system is equally available to everyone–we do have universal health care in that sense. Where we are not equal is in who gets the bill afterwards.

That’s an important distinction.

Carrying further the assumptions we operate under (and anyone is welcome to correct me if I’m wrong), the people Moore took to Cuba were suffering from World Trade Center related injuries. This group would do just fine under our system–there are plenty of programs to pay their medical bills.

The idea that Cuban health care is better than American for even the poorest of Americans is just silly.