tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405022718926116083.post4393452909005163022..comments2023-11-05T07:27:24.048-05:00Comments on Cassy Fiano: Michael Moore will make 50% of all of Sicko's profitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405022718926116083.post-58759177326955595672007-07-02T01:58:00.000-04:002007-07-02T01:58:00.000-04:00PS. My dad required open heart surgery. At that ti...PS. My dad required open heart surgery. At that time, there was a several year waiting list in Canada. It was so bad, people were coming to the US and paying for their own surgeries out of pocket.<BR/><BR/>I needed my gallbladder removed at a time when there were long waiting lists in Canada as well. While not life threatening, the pain was awful.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405022718926116083.post-31301961144971981342007-07-02T01:56:00.000-04:002007-07-02T01:56:00.000-04:00I think you missed the point. Moore sets himself u...I think you missed the point. Moore sets himself up as an "everyman" when he simply isn't. To say that he wouldn't splurge on the Four Seasons while being chauffeured around is pure hypocrisy.<BR/><BR/>As his movie, it's lunacy. While some people in this country do receive inferior care, most receive better care than anywhere in the world. It's why rich people FROM EVERY COUNTRY come here for their important medical treatment.<BR/><BR/>Do I think we could make our system better? Yes? But not the way Moore or Hillary or other socialists want to. (To start with, how about a multi-tier system where everyone gets basic medical care--stitches, setting broken bones, throat cultures, getting birth control prescription refills--just not from the doctor of their choice. Perhaps interns even. Perhaps many drugs should be non-prescription. How about reducing patent lengths to more reasonable period in this high tech world [the whole patent system is screwed up and needs be revamped.]<BR/><BR/>But what we don't need is a single payer system that parses out inferior medical care and has huge waiting lists for the most basic things. My father would be dead were we Canadian and I would have lived in extreme pain for years while waiting for an operation.)Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405022718926116083.post-31857162627242581852007-06-30T08:08:00.000-04:002007-06-30T08:08:00.000-04:00So what. Moore's a filmaker whose in business to m...So what. Moore's a filmaker whose in business to make money. I thought we were in favor of capitalism. Are we against doctors because they make money saving lives. He's just drawing attention to the completely loony healthcare arrangements we have in this country. They cost twice as much as everywhere else in the Western world, don't cover about 45 million people, produce inferior outcomes in a lot of cases, and are making our manufacturing industry uncompetitive. This whole comment belongs in the "shoot the messenger" category I'm afraid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617044244156743820noreply@blogger.com