Sicko

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What do you guys think of Michael Moore's Sicko?
For those of you who don't know, it's a documentary on the American health care system. I highly recommend it.
To me, it basically proved America's health care system is terrible, and in most other places it is free. What I thought was sorely lacking in that movie was this: what can I do? Should I move to Canada? He should have got more into how we, as a people can change it. I've already decided I'm going to petition, so a senator's secretary can read it, right a responce to pretend our government cares about us, and then discard it. I only hope others join me, for then it can't be ignored.

That would be kind of cool if all Americans who can't afford health care moved to Canada. Count me in on the petition.

I have seen this documentary on the American health care system at a theatre near my home.
I also highly recommend it. I was certainly everything there is to know about how health care works! They didn't leave out anything!
I certainly hope that Mr. Moore will tell us what to do now that we know the truth about America and The rest of the world. I always try to get my information from only one source because it solves all that need to think about it for myself. It's so tiresome to not just follow blindly. I also think we should band together and show our displeasure by getting petitions signed and then taking them to the government to get fair treatment for health care. Will there be cookies when we present the petitions to the secretaries? and kisses? I always want kisses when I am being scr*wed. . .

Now that you've seen Michael Moore's "documentary" I would seriously recommend that you speak tp someone from Canada or Ireland or anywhere where there is national health care. Ask them what their experiences have been.

Ask them how long they, or people they have known, have had to wait for necessary procedures because of the red tape of a government0run system.

I'm not saying to believe me or anyone else.

I'm suggesting that you ask people you know.

Then decide if you want what they have.

After I watched it and thought about it, what I understand about the American health care system is they care more about making money than restoring the health of the american public.

Not to be argumentative, but look at the people hwo live along the Canadian border. Americans on the border cross over to buy drugs. They are much cheaper in Canada.

Canadians on the border cross over to the US to go to the doctor. Medical care is much better in America.

But, again, don't take my word for it. Ask anyone who has come to the US from Canada or Ireland what their experiences are.

Now, don't get me wrong. The fact that there are a large number of people in this country who do not have health insurance, cannot afford health care, and have too much income for government insurance is a real problem. But, there must be some way of addressing it that does not take a system that generally is the finest in the world and dismantles it.

Universal Health care is a worthy topic for discussion, but Michael Moore and his films are not. They do nothing to educate the audience on the issue at hand, and are not a credible source of information upon which to base an impression.

And nothing is "free". Canadians pay twices the taxes Americans do on a lot of things. You pay for healthcare whether you use it or not under socialized medicine.

Well we generally have the best system for a number of reasons. We have the best doctors in the world, we attract the best doctors, and always have. We have the most advanced equipment, and more of it per person. There are eight times more magnetic-resonance-imaging units (the latest improvement on X-rays), seven times more radiation-therapy units (used in the treatment of cancer), about six times more lithoptripsy units (used for nonsurgical removal of kidney stones), and about three times more open-heart surgery units and cardiac-catheterization units per capita in the United States than in Canada. We have much shorter wait times. And we have a decent safety net that covers a lot disadvantaged people.

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