Hi there,
I went to see SICKO and I loved it. In this film Michael Moore shows you how the privatised American health system works rather more like a business to make profits out of peoples' health than what it was originally created for ... to look after peoples' health. Well it seems most health insurance schemes are going that way by privatising. Let's just hope that it won't get to that stage! This film is also very relevant for people in Geneva who pay the Swiss health insurance which goes up almost every year! It is also interesting to see how he compares it with the British, Canadian,French, Cuban health systems, although, he makes them appear rosier than they probably are but in any case the bottom line is that the health system should be a universal affordable right for all and not a profit-making system. Although the issue is quite a serious one the way this is showed in the film will also make you laugh and reflect about the subject.
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Sicko by Michael Moore - A must see film (funny too)
Sep 30, 2007 @ 16:16
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Hi there,
I went to see SICKO and I loved it. In this film Michael Moore shows you how the privatised American health system works rather more like a business to make profits out of peoples' health than what it was originally created for ... to look after peoples' health. Well it seems most health insurance schemes are going that way by privatising. Let's just hope that it won't get to that stage! This film is also very relevant for people in Geneva who pay the Swiss health insurance which goes up almost every year! It is also interesting to see how he compares it with the British, Canadian,French, Cuban health systems, although, he makes them appear rosier than they probably are but in any case the bottom line is that the health system should be a universal affordable right for all and not a profit-making system. Although the issue is quite a serious one the way this is showed in the film will also make you laugh and reflect about the subject.
globetrotterSep 30, 2007 @ 16:16
I went to see SICKO and I loved it. In this film Michael Moore shows you how the privatised American health system works rather more like a business to make profits out of peoples' health than what it was originally created for ... to look after peoples' health. Well it seems most health insurance schemes are going that way by privatising. Let's just hope that it won't get to that stage! This film is also very relevant for people in Geneva who pay the Swiss health insurance which goes up almost every year! It is also interesting to see how he compares it with the British, Canadian,French, Cuban health systems, although, he makes them appear rosier than they probably are but in any case the bottom line is that the health system should be a universal affordable right for all and not a profit-making system. Although the issue is quite a serious one the way this is showed in the film will also make you laugh and reflect about the subject.
globetrotterSep 30, 2007 @ 16:16
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Re: Sicko by Michael Moore - A must see film (funny too)
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Oct 1, 2007 @ 14:17
Michael Moore is convincing when he speaks about the US health system. But when he goes abroad to prove that all is perfect in other countries, it becomes really ridiculous.
In Quebec, embodiment of state medicine, the system is completely swamped. If emergency cases are well treated, people can wait a very long time for other cases. It’s even difficult to find a family practitioner.
British system has faced the same type of problems. Some patient had to wait so long to get operations that they went abroad, as far as Egypt.
French system is recognized as providing excellent care, but it’s far from free. As the contributions are paid according to the salary, it’s one of the factors that makes the cost of work high and leads to a high unemployment. Moreover, the debt is huge, even if a special tax (the contribution sociale generalisee) has been created to absorb it. With this huge and ever growing debt, question about the sustainability of the system are raised.
But the summit of ridicule is when Moore speaks of the Cuban system. On the paper, yes, it is great. But I’ve got a good friend who works in it and here is what he tells me. The care is free, but physicians are underpaid, so if you want to be treated seriously, you’d better bribe them. Medicines are cheap, but the pharmacies are always out of stock, so you’ve got to resort to the black market, where they are sold at the heavy price. So this theoretically very social system is in fact the most savagely capitalistic one: with money and/or connections, you’ve got what you want. Without them, God helps you!
Of course, Michael Moore idea is not to research the other systems seriously, just to criticize the American one and he’s ready to use any argument against it. But if he’s of such bad faith when speaking of other countries, I'd better check anything he says on any subject twice.
In Quebec, embodiment of state medicine, the system is completely swamped. If emergency cases are well treated, people can wait a very long time for other cases. It’s even difficult to find a family practitioner.
British system has faced the same type of problems. Some patient had to wait so long to get operations that they went abroad, as far as Egypt.
French system is recognized as providing excellent care, but it’s far from free. As the contributions are paid according to the salary, it’s one of the factors that makes the cost of work high and leads to a high unemployment. Moreover, the debt is huge, even if a special tax (the contribution sociale generalisee) has been created to absorb it. With this huge and ever growing debt, question about the sustainability of the system are raised.
But the summit of ridicule is when Moore speaks of the Cuban system. On the paper, yes, it is great. But I’ve got a good friend who works in it and here is what he tells me. The care is free, but physicians are underpaid, so if you want to be treated seriously, you’d better bribe them. Medicines are cheap, but the pharmacies are always out of stock, so you’ve got to resort to the black market, where they are sold at the heavy price. So this theoretically very social system is in fact the most savagely capitalistic one: with money and/or connections, you’ve got what you want. Without them, God helps you!
Of course, Michael Moore idea is not to research the other systems seriously, just to criticize the American one and he’s ready to use any argument against it. But if he’s of such bad faith when speaking of other countries, I'd better check anything he says on any subject twice.
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Michael Moore is convincing when he speaks about the US health system. But when he goes abroad to prove that all is perfect in other countries, it becomes really ridiculous.
In Quebec, embodiment of state medicine, the system is completely swamped. If emergency cases are well treated, people can wait a very long time for other cases. It’s even difficult to find a family practitioner.
British system has faced the same type of problems. Some patient had to wait so long to get operations that they went abroad, as far as Egypt.
French system is recognized as providing excellent care, but it’s far from free. As the contributions are paid according to the salary, it’s one of the factors that makes the cost of work high and leads to a high unemployment. Moreover, the debt is huge, even if a special tax (the contribution sociale generalisee) has been created to absorb it. With this huge and ever growing debt, question about the sustainability of the system are raised.
But the summit of ridicule is when Moore speaks of the Cuban system. On the paper, yes, it is great. But I’ve got a good friend who works in it and here is what he tells me. The care is free, but physicians are underpaid, so if you want to be treated seriously, you’d better bribe them. Medicines are cheap, but the pharmacies are always out of stock, so you’ve got to resort to the black market, where they are sold at the heavy price. So this theoretically very social system is in fact the most savagely capitalistic one: with money and/or connections, you’ve got what you want. Without them, God helps you!
Of course, Michael Moore idea is not to research the other systems seriously, just to criticize the American one and he’s ready to use any argument against it. But if he’s of such bad faith when speaking of other countries, I'd better check anything he says on any subject twice.
Bustan_A, Oct 1, 2007 @ 14:17
In Quebec, embodiment of state medicine, the system is completely swamped. If emergency cases are well treated, people can wait a very long time for other cases. It’s even difficult to find a family practitioner.
British system has faced the same type of problems. Some patient had to wait so long to get operations that they went abroad, as far as Egypt.
French system is recognized as providing excellent care, but it’s far from free. As the contributions are paid according to the salary, it’s one of the factors that makes the cost of work high and leads to a high unemployment. Moreover, the debt is huge, even if a special tax (the contribution sociale generalisee) has been created to absorb it. With this huge and ever growing debt, question about the sustainability of the system are raised.
But the summit of ridicule is when Moore speaks of the Cuban system. On the paper, yes, it is great. But I’ve got a good friend who works in it and here is what he tells me. The care is free, but physicians are underpaid, so if you want to be treated seriously, you’d better bribe them. Medicines are cheap, but the pharmacies are always out of stock, so you’ve got to resort to the black market, where they are sold at the heavy price. So this theoretically very social system is in fact the most savagely capitalistic one: with money and/or connections, you’ve got what you want. Without them, God helps you!
Of course, Michael Moore idea is not to research the other systems seriously, just to criticize the American one and he’s ready to use any argument against it. But if he’s of such bad faith when speaking of other countries, I'd better check anything he says on any subject twice.
Bustan_A, Oct 1, 2007 @ 14:17
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Re: Sicko by Michael Moore - A must see film (funny too)
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Oct 10, 2007 @ 23:22
How much of what we are explosed to is not?
I found it is hysterical, and cleverly put together!
I found it is hysterical, and cleverly put together!
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How much of what we are explosed to is not?
I found it is hysterical, and cleverly put together!
SimSim, Oct 10, 2007 @ 23:22
I found it is hysterical, and cleverly put together!
SimSim, Oct 10, 2007 @ 23:22
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