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Love you! Medical debt does suck, but there is no way that I will watch Sicko. I cannot support anything that Michael Moore does. The man is a plague on this world and I don't want even a penny of my money to go to him through residuals of any kind, whether on TV, DVD, or at the theater. Someone could offer me a million dollars to watch 5 minutes of something he's worked on and I would turn them down. :) Yes, I know that is intolerant of me, but I disagree with everything he purports to believe in. I am glad you got so much out of it, though. *HUGS*
Wow. I am fascinated and intruiged by your disdain for this man. Remind to to oick your brain as to why sometime, unless it's something you would not wish to talk about.
Personally, I think I would do pretty much anything (legal) for a million dollars. :/
I have not seen any of his other projects. I have never met the man, so I don't have any personal knowledge of him. I was eager to watch the film because I've always known our system is suckage. I did get a lot out of it and I plan to share the movie with everyone who is interested in learning the truth about the American health system
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If it was anyone other than Michael Moore who had made a documentary about the horrible state of US healthcare, I'd watch it in a heartbeat. However, I will never believe a word that comes out of that man's mouth or anything he films. He manipulates the facts to suit his purposes instead of showing both sides equally. Believe me, I know there are horrible issues with it. I went years without health insurance and had to rely on emergency rooms for my healthcare during a time when my asthma was at its worst. I couldn't pay for it. The hospitals wrote it off because I couldn't pay for it
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I will be honest, the lack of a National Health System is probably the biggest subconscious thing that would put me off moving to the US. The whole "have to have medical insurance" thing is a mind-boggler to me.
Well, I certainly understand. There is a huge part of me that just wants to drop our insurance. We put thousands into the system every year just in premiums and then we still have a huge out of pocket expense just to stay healthy. Prescription costs are unbelievable. If we get sick?....more debt. We have about $100k worth of medical debt as it is. It's a scary situation.
i have to agree, I really wish that americans could care enough about each other and families to come to an agreement about national health care. Given that Kenz is trying to get on SSI, but still within her lifetime we will be spending alot of money. Thankfully Illinois just passed the austism law saying that insurance can't drop us because of the disease. I don't like michael moore, but I will have to look at the movie.
On the good side, if you move to Canada.....everything medical would be free for your family.
I'm not familiar with any other work by Michael Moore, but this movie is important...Michael Moore or not. He brings up a great debate, and honestly, it shouldn't even exist....but it does. I think it's time for Americans to realize there is another option and make it happen.
i have not seen the film, nor any other that michael moore has made but i am very aware that there are some major issues with healthcare in this country. i have been without decent health insurance for years now. i have issues that i need to have addressed but i haven't had the healthcare coverage for it. i know that when i was a kid the family doctor had signs up that said 'say no to hmo' because he saw this coming. he was old fashioned and believed that people should be able to go to a doctor when they were sick.
fortunately i just got a new job and i should have decent medical coverage in the near future. i worry about things like little t. the deductibles and copayments keep going up despite that my brother has good insurance through his work.
I watched a Texas primary with Bill Clinton speaking - he got right to it - he said 'raise your hand if you know someone without health insurance'. Of course almost everyone there raised their hand, and I know people myself who don't have health insurance. Then he pointed out that we are the only wealthy contry in the world in which you would see that. It's shocking and inexcusable
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Personally, I think I would do pretty much anything (legal) for a million dollars. :/
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I will be honest, the lack of a National Health System is probably the biggest subconscious thing that would put me off moving to the US. The whole "have to have medical insurance" thing is a mind-boggler to me.
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I'm not familiar with any other work by Michael Moore, but this movie is important...Michael Moore or not. He brings up a great debate, and honestly, it shouldn't even exist....but it does. I think it's time for Americans to realize there is another option and make it happen.
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fortunately i just got a new job and i should have decent medical coverage in the near future. i worry about things like little t. the deductibles and copayments keep going up despite that my brother has good insurance through his work.
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