First and Foremost, I recently saw "Sicko", Michael Moore's latest film. Even though Moore obviously evokes a lot of hate from the Right (some of it justified), I can honestly say that this was his best movie. "Fahrenheit 9/11" focused a lot on politics, and in some areas, it ran short on facts. "Sicko" is basically the opposite.
Even though "Sicko" is still political at its core, it takes a more populist approach than Moore's previous movies. It asks the simple question: If most of the First World has a decent socialized healthcare system, why doesn't America? Why are we so focused on profit and not on community?
Support for a socialized healthcare system is primarily founded on the fact that, even aside from the millions of uninsured Americans, those of us that are insured pay premium prices for shitty coverage. Healthcare providers can get away with far more things in America than anywhere else in the First World.
So really... why should we have to pay so much for shitty service? It just doesn't make sense when you compare our system to that of places like Canada, the U.K., and France.
Now, admittedly, Moore takes things a bit far by trying to portray Cuba's system as better than ours. I don't buy that Cuba has a better system.
However, I will say that Moore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, proves that the prisoners at Gitmo are treated better than many free citizens when it comes to healthcare in America. He goes into great detail as to how the medical facilities and services are pretty advanced in Guantanamo Bay.
So, Moore does inadvertently manage to defuse the arguments that things are so harsh in Gitmo. That would typically be a conservative view, but I would guess that Moore still believes that Gitmo was being run improperly when it comes to how some people have been detained for years without any formal charges having been made against them.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share all of this stuff with you guys and leave you with the question: Why not socialize medicine here?
By the way, before anyone brings it up, Moore talks with a lot of Canadians about waiting periods for care, and the waits don't seem any worse than ours. In many cases, they get served faster than us....
Even though "Sicko" is still political at its core, it takes a more populist approach than Moore's previous movies. It asks the simple question: If most of the First World has a decent socialized healthcare system, why doesn't America? Why are we so focused on profit and not on community?
Support for a socialized healthcare system is primarily founded on the fact that, even aside from the millions of uninsured Americans, those of us that are insured pay premium prices for shitty coverage. Healthcare providers can get away with far more things in America than anywhere else in the First World.
So really... why should we have to pay so much for shitty service? It just doesn't make sense when you compare our system to that of places like Canada, the U.K., and France.
Now, admittedly, Moore takes things a bit far by trying to portray Cuba's system as better than ours. I don't buy that Cuba has a better system.
However, I will say that Moore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, proves that the prisoners at Gitmo are treated better than many free citizens when it comes to healthcare in America. He goes into great detail as to how the medical facilities and services are pretty advanced in Guantanamo Bay.
So, Moore does inadvertently manage to defuse the arguments that things are so harsh in Gitmo. That would typically be a conservative view, but I would guess that Moore still believes that Gitmo was being run improperly when it comes to how some people have been detained for years without any formal charges having been made against them.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share all of this stuff with you guys and leave you with the question: Why not socialize medicine here?
By the way, before anyone brings it up, Moore talks with a lot of Canadians about waiting periods for care, and the waits don't seem any worse than ours. In many cases, they get served faster than us....