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However the cost of their medical education, while certainly substantial by Cuban standards, is nowhere near that.
by varjag 9y ago
However the cost of their medical education, while certainly substantial by Cuban standards, is nowhere near that.
- colomon 9y agoI am willing to believe that, but I don't have any way to calculate what the number should be, so I took a generous estimate. (Average US post-medical school debt is $18x,000 according to a quick search I did.)
- varjag 9y agoCuban education lacks major cost components like practice/internship insurance and U.S. level income healthcare professionals in the teaching: their professors are also paid $30/mo. They also have no top-tier equipment, use run-down facilities, don't stick to expensive regulations and protocols and (if their communism is anything like communism of the place I grew up) most likely employ the students for all kind of maintenance chores. I'd put it at $20k tops for 6 year curriculum, and that's being on very generous side.
- colomon 9y agoWell, working with your assumption, $20,000 loan 10% interest over FIVE years is $424.94 a month. Somehow I doubt all the Cuba-defenders here are going to accept your assumption, though, as it makes the outrageousness of the whole thing much more explicit.