Four New Yorkers, three Californians and a Minnesotan, all from minority backgrounds and coming from poor families, have graduated successfully from Havana's internatationally-recognized Latin American School of Medicine. They studied there for free, receiving everything from tuition to accomodation and textbooks.

"I will be heading back to the United States with a great advantage over the American students who have stayed there," said Wing Wu, from Minneapolis, quoted by Associated Press. "I've learned that medicine is not a business, it's social, it's humane," said Toussaint Reynolds, a graduate from Massapequa, New York. "I will be a better doctor in the United States for it."

The graduates from Cuba, which offers similar quality medical training to that of the United States, will face difficulties applying for residency. However, it's expected they will eventually manage to get into the system back home, as their hopes were upped by an older graduate from the Cuban school who just started his residency in New York.

"Do I think there will be prejudices against us when we go back to the States and are looking for residences? Yes, it's inevitable," said newly graduated Kenya Bingham. "I think there will be just due to the simple fact that there are political differences between the two countries."

Cuba's healthcare system is much more flawed that Moore's "Sicko" has suggested, but that is mainly due to the United States trade embargo with the South American country. It's enough to mention that the largest drug and medical equipment companies are U.S.-based.

The eight Americans are to return to their communities and provide low-cost healthcare for those in need. Around 100 more are enrolled in the program, with 18 more to start this year. If they would have attended medical school in the United States, chances are they would be somewhere between $250,000 to $500,000 in debt.