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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: HereWeGoAgain</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I read that "Sicko" focuses on Cuba's health care system, which is as socialized as it gets. I haven't seen the movie, and won't, but if that is true -- does anyone really believe that Cuba has better health care than the USA? </div></div>
There is a lot more in the movie than what is focused on Cuba. Why won't you see the movie? What have you got to lose? It was a very informative film with a lot of insight into the way other countries put to good use their tax dollars. As to the whole waiting stories you've read? Moore's film puts that to rest as well. Not true. I suggest that if anyone wants to voice their opinion about our national health care here in the US, they should at least become well informed and one way of doing so is to hear what EVERYone has to say on the topic, not just what is offered by mainstream media.
I personally do not think that there are any easy answers. Even if we get a president in office who makes national health care his/her top priority, the other sections of government, lobbyists, and pharmaceutical companies will make it very difficult to move forward with ease. I think that a lot of people and giant conglomerate companies stand to lose a lot of money. So, if you're very wealthy, you can buy your own medical and if you're poor, you can get medicaid. But if you're working middle class (like me), you get health insurance through your employer (if you're fortunate enough) and you pay high premiums and receive monthly letters telling you what coverages they are eliminating today. I just received another one yesterday, almost one month exactly from the last one telling me the medications and services and providers that have been eliminated from our plan. Ugh.
Barbara, you are so right. We do have to ask questions - even if they sound like stupid questions. There are so many intricacies to the insurance industry that most people do not have a clue about and until we ask, we will never know what we're voting for. I am still wondering if our country and the elitists at the top can truly manage socialized medicine here in the US...see above comment about certain people standing to lose lots of money. I will reiterate, I don't know the answers, but I'm certainly willing to exercise my right to ask the questions.
There is a lot more in the movie than what is focused on Cuba. Why won't you see the movie? What have you got to lose? It was a very informative film with a lot of insight into the way other countries put to good use their tax dollars. As to the whole waiting stories you've read? Moore's film puts that to rest as well. Not true. I suggest that if anyone wants to voice their opinion about our national health care here in the US, they should at least become well informed and one way of doing so is to hear what EVERYone has to say on the topic, not just what is offered by mainstream media.
I personally do not think that there are any easy answers. Even if we get a president in office who makes national health care his/her top priority, the other sections of government, lobbyists, and pharmaceutical companies will make it very difficult to move forward with ease. I think that a lot of people and giant conglomerate companies stand to lose a lot of money. So, if you're very wealthy, you can buy your own medical and if you're poor, you can get medicaid. But if you're working middle class (like me), you get health insurance through your employer (if you're fortunate enough) and you pay high premiums and receive monthly letters telling you what coverages they are eliminating today. I just received another one yesterday, almost one month exactly from the last one telling me the medications and services and providers that have been eliminated from our plan. Ugh.
Barbara, you are so right. We do have to ask questions - even if they sound like stupid questions. There are so many intricacies to the insurance industry that most people do not have a clue about and until we ask, we will never know what we're voting for. I am still wondering if our country and the elitists at the top can truly manage socialized medicine here in the US...see above comment about certain people standing to lose lots of money. I will reiterate, I don't know the answers, but I'm certainly willing to exercise my right to ask the questions.