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PR is a developed country in a developing country neighbourhood. Healthcare is cheaper than the US but some specialties are hard to get an appointment. The neig
by yardie 9y ago
PR is a developed country in a developing country neighbourhood. Healthcare is cheaper than the US but some specialties are hard to get an appointment. The neighbours, DR Cuba, FWI, are a cheap ferry or puddle jump away. So for the common ailments, you have neighbouring islands keeping prices in check.
That's a sailor's perspective on PR healthcare. Since I'm not part of their health care system I looked at it as is it worth it here or do I sail 6 hours to DR. Antibiotics there are 50cents.
- freehunter 9y agoPR isn’t a country. It’s part of the US.
- yardie 9y agoIt's a territory. It has an independent government, constitution, country code, Olympic team, and elections. Functionally, it is a country.
- booleandilemma 9y agoAccording to Wikipedia, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Also, it does not appear on Wikipedia's list of sovereign states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
- bobbyi_settv 9y agoIt's not a sovereign state. If you're an American, you don't need a passport to fly there.
- kasey_junk 9y agoYou didn't need a passport to go to Canada until relatively recently. That's fairly orthogonal to sovereignty.
- pryelluw 9y agoIts a colony.
- bobbyi_settv 9y agoEach of the 50 states also has a government, constitution and elections.
- denom 9y agoFor that to be completely true Puerto Rico would have representation in the federal legislature. Puerto Rico has it's own Olympic team. Which is sort of a basis for considering PR as a country.
- EduardoBautista 9y agoDoes Puerto Rico have its own passport? Also, the UK plays as Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the World Cup but they aren't sovereign. So that Olympic argument doesn't mean anything.
- Spooky23 9y agoOnly US States are recognized in Congress. Puerto Rico, among other places is a territory which gives it a delegate to congress, but no direct participation. It's also not considered sovereign, which US States nominally are. This has advantages and disadvantages... there's no tax, but also no Senators or congresspeople who give a hoot. Sometimes congressional delegations from places with big Puerto Rican populations will push for policy to secure votes on the mainland. Also remember that it's a colony, and it's standing is colored by the baggage of colonialism, and there is a split between people who favor that status quo, statehood and independence. Statehood will never happen unless there is a Democratic supermajority in the Senate.
- pryelluw 9y agoWe have a type of universal healthcare but its so mismanaged that its going to blow into pieces sooner or later. Most have private insurance that is on the expensive side of things given the local economy. For example, I pay $700 a month for 3 people and its not even that great.
- adolfojp 9y agoFew people travel from Puerto Rico to the DR or even Cuba to get Healthcare.