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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 60403" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>The American health care system is a disgrace and very few are criticizing how Moore protrays it in "Sicko". The criticisms are more of how he went about the Cuba thing, how good the Cuba health system is (do you see a pattern here?) and that he didn't present "the other side". There is very little defense of the system. Businesses want out of providing health care because it simply costs too much in both time and money, increasing the cost of American products and services. Hospitals and many doctors want the system changed because it's complex, expensive and fragmented with too many medical decisions being made by insurance companies. And many of us without insurance or who have bad insurance or who spend way too much to get it just want health care when we need it. Many doctors will not treat patients who don't have insurance or who have Medicaid (the state based programs for low income people). </p><p></p><p>On another board I post to, there are a lot of non-USAns. Most were surprised at how bad the US system is and not one would trade what they have for what we have. They find it appalling that even under Medicare, seniors pay $1062/year in premiums, more if they have drug coverage and both come with deductibles and co-pay. They couldn't believe that many seniors pay an additional $2,000-$3,000 for insurance to supplement Medicare. They can't get over how many people even with insurance end up bankrupted because of medical costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 60403, member: 1498"] The American health care system is a disgrace and very few are criticizing how Moore protrays it in "Sicko". The criticisms are more of how he went about the Cuba thing, how good the Cuba health system is (do you see a pattern here?) and that he didn't present "the other side". There is very little defense of the system. Businesses want out of providing health care because it simply costs too much in both time and money, increasing the cost of American products and services. Hospitals and many doctors want the system changed because it's complex, expensive and fragmented with too many medical decisions being made by insurance companies. And many of us without insurance or who have bad insurance or who spend way too much to get it just want health care when we need it. Many doctors will not treat patients who don't have insurance or who have Medicaid (the state based programs for low income people). On another board I post to, there are a lot of non-USAns. Most were surprised at how bad the US system is and not one would trade what they have for what we have. They find it appalling that even under Medicare, seniors pay $1062/year in premiums, more if they have drug coverage and both come with deductibles and co-pay. They couldn't believe that many seniors pay an additional $2,000-$3,000 for insurance to supplement Medicare. They can't get over how many people even with insurance end up bankrupted because of medical costs. [/QUOTE]
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