A Poor Country Where Healthcare Matters
It’s not one of the countries where U.S. citizens can go to live or even for a vacation. However, Cuba has a healthcare system that developed countries might envy.
There’s universal healthcare, but that’s no surprise. The eyeopeners are that this small island country offers a life expectancy that rivals ours in the U.S. and has an even lower infant mortality rate. What’s more, the rate of AIDs in the lowest in the Americas.
Cuba has made medical training a priority, and there is now one doctor for every 220 citizens. A significant number of doctors work in community-based clinics, where they focus on preventive medicine and early diagnosis. They even make house calls. What’s more 25,000 Cuban-trained doctors now serve in some 60 foreign countries.
So, if you decide to live abroad in one of the popular expat havens, you might end up being treated by a Cuban physician working there as an expat. The odds aren’t really great, however, since Cuban doctors are more likely to be serving local people in clinics where care is free.