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Sicko - Michael Moore movie on Health care in the USA

Jul 9

Written by: Travis Whidden
7/9/2007 1:14 PM

I have always been a fan of Michael Moores movies. This movie was yet another success. To be honest, I am very unpleased with the USA and its health care. We don’t take care of our people. Its sad to see other counties, especially countries that are very poor like Cuba, get free health care for their people. Canada was a great example of how we should do things.

The argument of "why should I pay to help others" is one that I always thought about, but it makes perfect sense. You never know what is going to happen, and when something does, you wont have to change your life to pay for your medical bills.

I would, without any doubt, give this movie an A. You might be thinking, man, this guy always gives movies As, but really, we see only movies that look good, and only every now and then get a bad one.

I don’t know what we will do to fix our health care system in the U.S.A., but we need to find a solution, and fast. We are going to be in a lot of trouble. Canada really knows how to take care of their people and we have more money then they do. Stop taking care of everyone else, and lets take care of ourselves first.

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Re: Sicko - Michael Moore movie on Health care in the USA

I have not seen the movie yet, and really dont like Michael Moore - however I can say for sure that when I get sick the last place I want to go to get treated is Cuba - or even Canada for that matter. If you live in Canada - you get "free" healthcare - but they pay about a 60% tax to the government to get it. I know the US system is not great, but we have the best technology, the best doctors, the best hospitals and transportation systems, in the world. Anyone that gets sick outside the US - and they are US citizens, they dont say - take me to china or singapoore or Canada or Cuba to get my surgery done, they say please take me back to the USA.

By hv3 on 7/9/2007 2:09 PM

Re: Sicko - Michael Moore movie on Health care in the USA

I don't know where you got you info from but the top tax bracket in Canada is 47%, which 2% higher than the top US bracket. And Cuba has some of the most advance medical centers in the world. You should see the list of US and Canadian residents flying to Cuba to get treatment. It's call "Club Med"

Maybe if the US would stop spending more money on their military than the rest of the world combined, they maybe able to offer free medical to all American. How many nukes do you nukes do you need anyway?

By John Chow on 7/9/2007 4:40 PM

Re: Sicko - Michael Moore movie on Health care in the USA

what is the provinial tax rate ? does that include gst ? Cuban medicine has done quite a job keeping Castro going ;-0

By hv3 on 7/9/2007 5:28 PM

Re: Sicko - Michael Moore movie on Health care in the USA

I have to agree with Henry on Michael Moore. Watching Fahrenheit 9/11 was like listening to a loonie talk for almost two hours about how the CIA bugged their house.

This movie, Sicko, I have to say hit home for Rachel and myself. Rachel works in the medical billing field in which she has the opportunity to see the medical claims firsthand, being rejected for similar reasons of those in the movie. Several times during the show, Rachel (teary eyed even) pointed and exclaimed, "Jer, that's excatly what I was telling you about!"

When my father and I where overseas in Thailand (a 3rd world country), we both got pretty sick. The whole nonstop puking and shitting type sick. We both took a cab to the ER, where I told my dad I wasn't sure I trust a Thai hospital. I didn't want a dirty needle or anything! When we got to the hospital, visually it rivaled that of a hospital in the USA. It was very modern, clean and quite busy. Even though there was a croud, we got called up in 20 minutes. A nurse queried us on our symptoms then a doctor came around and suggested a shot in the ass and some other medication. In another 20 minutes we where out of there and it barely cost us anything. About one days labor at Thai minimum wage, $5. Compared to the USA, where I was charged $120 dollars to stand in a room with 10 other people and have the doctor glance at my burned arm and say "Looks like its healing."

I do not think the US has any superior health technology or system and I do not believe people should have to die because they don't have the cash.

By Jeremiah Morrill on 7/10/2007 6:24 AM

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