Cuba to require medical insurance for visitors

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HAVANA, March 6 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Cuba will require visitors to buy health insurance if they want to enter the country, according to a new government measure disclosed on Saturday.

Under the measure, which takes effect in May, the insurance will be sold by foreign companies approved by the Cuban government or by Cuban firms at ports of entry to the communist-led island, the government said in the online edition of Cuba's Official Gazette.

The measure decrees that tourists, foreigners with temporary residence in Cuba and Cubans living abroad who return to visit will have to be insured.

It exempts diplomats and representatives of accredited international organizations. The cost of the insurance was not disclosed.

Cuba prides itself on having a strong healthcare system, which is provided free to its citizens and at low costs to foreigners.

But the island has been hit hard by the global recession and is looking for new sources of revenue to boost its depleted financial reserves.


http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06109809.htm


Cuba may be on to something here, just think of the amount of money we could make from all the people that visit the USA.
 
Ive known of uninsured Americans going to Cuba for healthcare.... I understand why they would choose to put a stop to that practice.
 
Jarod said:
Ive known of uninsured Americans going to Cuba for healthcare.... I understand why they would choose to put a stop to that practice.
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Yes, as Hayek showed the "Road to Serfdom" seems quite reasonable under centrally planned/socialist like economies.
 
webbway said:
HAVANA, March 6 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Cuba will require visitors to buy health insurance if they want to enter the country, according to a new government measure disclosed on Saturday.

Under the measure, which takes effect in May, the insurance will be sold by foreign companies approved by the Cuban government or by Cuban firms at ports of entry to the communist-led island, the government said in the online edition of Cuba's Official Gazette.

The measure decrees that tourists, foreigners with temporary residence in Cuba and Cubans living abroad who return to visit will have to be insured.

It exempts diplomats and representatives of accredited international organizations. The cost of the insurance was not disclosed.

Cuba prides itself on having a strong healthcare system, which is provided free to its citizens and at low costs to foreigners.

But the island has been hit hard by the global recession and is looking for new sources of revenue to boost its depleted financial reserves.


http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06109809.htm


Cuba may be on to something here, just think of the amount of money we could make from all the people that visit the USA.
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Well what the hell do you care for you right wing wako! We Americans can't go there in the first place thanks to your embargo. So why do you give a rats ass about health care in a country you can't even legally visit?
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Well what the hell do you care for you right wing wako! We Americans can't go there in the first place thanks to your embargo. So why do you give a rats ass about health care in a country you can't even legally visit?
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I don't. I just think the first line said it all "Cash-strapped Cuba" . This is America's future under Obama.

But I think we should start charging people that enter the USA a fee. Want to come to the USA, pay us!
 
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