I had gotten Sicko (Michael Moore's movie on the health care system) when it first came out, but I kept delaying watching it, because I knew it was really going to upset me
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If it makes you feel any better, sicko is full of huge deviations from the truth. Not quite all out lies, but far enough from reality that a Canadian audience considers it something of a comedy. (seriously, laugh out loud funny)
Micheal Moore is a dick, and atleast when it comes to Canadian healthcare, only provides the side of the story which is usefull to his rhetoric. Thousands of people die every year waiting for help from social healthcare, sure maybe anyone can afford it, but that doesn't mean anyone can get it, it still requires wealth to get healthcare with any expediency.
I fell down a flight of stairs in Vancouver and was turned away from 5 diffrent ERs and 2 general practitioners before anyone would see me with an American health insurance card. After driving 45 minutes out of town to the only ER which would take me, the UBC clinic, the wait was around 6 hours despite the fact that the line wasn't particuarly long. When they did see me, I recieved essentially no help except for a half a bottle of tylenol #3.
I do hear France is good, but I wouldn't take Micheal Moore's word for it.
Micheal Moore is a dick, and atleast when it comes to Canadian healthcare, only provides the side of the story which is usefull to his rhetoric. Thousands of people die every year waiting for help from social healthcare, sure maybe anyone can afford it, but that doesn't mean anyone can get it, it still requires wealth to get healthcare with any expediency.
I fell down a flight of stairs in Vancouver and was turned away from 5 diffrent ERs and 2 general practitioners before anyone would see me with an American health insurance card. After driving 45 minutes out of town to the only ER which would take me, the UBC clinic, the wait was around 6 hours despite the fact that the line wasn't particuarly long. When they did see me, I recieved essentially no help except for a half a bottle of tylenol #3.
I do hear France is good, but I wouldn't take Micheal Moore's word for it.
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