Popular Philippine communist rebel is dead

[noel_llapa]

The sad fact is that while the NPA "revolutionaries" are hiding in the jungles, pitifully eking out a living through extortion and harassment, their Chief "Consultant" is comfortably spending his retirement (or "asylum" as he calls it) in the Netherlands. ^_^

[elvishtattoo]

I wonder unsa iyang dying wish... maybe world peace?

[monroy]

Say that in the face of the billion or so Chinese and Cubans (both countries have better healthcare than the United States or the Philippines).

-RODION

i'd say that to the face of a billion chinese and most of them would agree with me. cheaper healthcare isn't better, just as cheaper china milk with melamine isn't better than expensive milk from new zealand. U.S. has expensive healthcare, but most people can afford it with insurance, and they have the best doctors.

saying china has better healthcare than U.S. or even philippines is just as wrong as saying china now is still communist. they are only communist by name, but they are almost a pure capitalist country for almost 3 decades.

a communist country wouldn't allow private ownership of property. but you probably didn't know that even foreigners are allowed to own property in China nowadays...

[rodsky]

i'd say that to the face of a billion chinese and most of them would agree with me. cheaper healthcare isn't better, just as cheaper china milk with melamine isn't better than expensive milk from new zealand. U.S. has expensive healthcare, but most people can afford it with insurance, and they have the best doctors.

saying china has better healthcare than U.S. or even philippines is just as wrong as saying china now is still communist. they are only communist by name, but they are almost a pure capitalist country for almost 3 decades.

a communist country wouldn't allow private ownership of property. but you probably didn't know that even foreigners are allowed to own property in China nowadays...

You obviously haven't seen/watched Michael Moore's SiCKO documentary. Healthcare in Cuba isn't CHEAP nor is it "poor quality"--in fact it's very good.

And on your opinion about China's supposed capitalism, I'll just leave this link here and let the reading public decide on that matter: Communist Party of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-RODION

[erwin_rommel]

Say that in the face of the billion or so Chinese and Cubans (both countries have better healthcare than the United States or the Philippines).

-RODION

china has better healthcare

Top wish of rich Chinese? To leave China - Business - World business - msnbc.com

[rodsky]

china has better healthcare

Top wish of rich Chinese? To leave China - Business - World business - msnbc.com

Read the article again Erwin_Rommel--the Chinese who want to go to the US to avail of this "better healthcare" are those RICH Chinese who can afford the fees offered by the following medical insurance companies:

AETNA
AFLAC
American Family Insurance
American Medical Security
American National Insurance Company
Anthem Insurance
Assurant, Inc.
Asuris Northwest Health
BlueCross BlueShield Association
Celtic Insurance Company
CIGNA
College Health IPA
Connecticare Inc.
Continental General Insurance Company
Golden Rule Insurance Company
Group Health Cooperative
Group Health Inc.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Health Markets
HUMANA
Insurance Services of America
Intermountain Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente
LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona
LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon
LifeWise Health Plan of Washington
Medica Minnesota
Medical Mutual
Oregon Health Insurance
Oxford Health Plans, Inc.
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
Shelter Insurance
Unicare Health Insurance
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Vista Health Plan
Walter Jarvis Insurance Services
WellPoint
WPS Health Insurance

...while the rest of the population SUFFERS because of the criminal activities of these medical insurance companies whose MAIN GOAL IS PROFIT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, and I-DUMP NALANG KA SA SIDE SA DALAN IF WALA KA'Y HEALTH INSURANCE. Yes, bravo, that's America's TOP healthcare for you.

Read and be educated:
Sicko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


-RODION

[monroy]

You obviously haven't seen/watched Michael Moore's SiCKO documentary. Healthcare in Cuba isn't CHEAP nor is it "poor quality"--in fact it's very good.

I don't watch Michael Moore because he exaggerates and blows things out of proportion.

I didn't say anything about Cuba because I've never been there and therefore my guess is just as good as yours since I'm assuming you haven't been there either. I have been to both China and the U.S. and that's why I can say that from what I know, China does not have a better healthcare system than the U.S. There's a long way to go before China even becomes anywhere close to how good the healthcare system in the U.S. is. Take that for what it's worth but at least I can say my opinion is based on actual experience, not things I've read or seen on TV.

And on your opinion about China's supposed capitalism, I'll just leave this link here and let the reading public decide on that matter: Communist Party of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-RODION

China is a capitalist, market-oriented economy ruled by the Communist Party. That's not an opinion, it's a fact that has been reality since the time of Deng Xiao Peng. They have a stock market, property ownership, market-determined wages and they even have private health insurance and private hospitals.

Do you know what communist ideology is and how present-day China is a total contradiction on that ideology? Go to China and see for yourself if you remain unconvinced because there's nothing more that I can say regarding this. The best way to realize China is already a capitalist country is by going there.

If most of these NPA rebels went to China and tried their shit there, I can guarantee you they will 100% certain be executed.

[rodsky]

"I don't watch Michael Moore..."

The roots of bias and bigotry lie in blatant refusal to see someone else's take on things.

And just because you've been to this or that country doesn't make you an expert on economics/politics.

Why Isn't China Democratizing? Because It's Not Really Capitalist

China is not capitalist

-RODION

[vern]

Even though I like Michael Moore, his documentaries shine the spotlight on one side of the stage. Saying China has better healthcare than the US is pretty laughable. With more than a billion people in China, the number of people who don't have access to any healthcare at all is well in excess of the total population of the US.

But I digress, that isn't what this topic is about.

[balipseyev]

Duha ra gyud padulngan if mangamatay ning mga karaan nila na leaders... Either ma Dissolve na ang revolution or mahulog na as Bandits ang mangabilin...