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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by yardie on Sunday August 06, 2017 @09:34AM (#14941238)
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.

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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by pryelluw on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:00PM (#14942121)
We 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.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by freehunter on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:27AM (#14941450)
PR isn’t a country. It’s part of the US.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by yardie on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:54AM (#14941531)
It's a territory. It has an independent government, constitution, country code, Olympic team, and elections. Functionally, it is a country.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by booleandilemma on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:44AM (#14941745)
According 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

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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by bobbyi_settv on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:20PM (#14942239)
It's not a sovereign state. If you're an American, you don't need a passport to fly there.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by kasey_junk on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:33PM (#14942326)
You didn't need a passport to go to Canada until relatively recently. That's fairly orthogonal to sovereignty.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by bobbyi_settv on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:13PM (#14942193)
Each of the 50 states also has a government, constitution and elections.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by pryelluw on Sunday August 06, 2017 @12:56PM (#14942093)
Its a colony.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by denom on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:14AM (#14941613)
For 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.

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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by Spooky23 on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:10PM (#14945037)
Only 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.

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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by EduardoBautista on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:21PM (#14942254)
Does 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.
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Re:Millennials returning to Puerto Rico, launching startups by adolfojp on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:19PM (#14942584)
Few people travel from Puerto Rico to the DR or even Cuba to get Healthcare.
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