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Old May 19th 2007, 2:58 pm
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Should be interesting:

"Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore's latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its premiere at the film festival today. Sicko, a documentary tackling the state of American healthcare, focuses on the pharmaceutical giants, and particularly on health insurers."

http://film.guardian.co.uk/cannes200...083430,00.html
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Originally Posted by Elvira
Should be interesting:

"Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore's latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its premiere at the film festival today. Sicko, a documentary tackling the state of American healthcare, focuses on the pharmaceutical giants, and particularly on health insurers."

http://film.guardian.co.uk/cannes200...083430,00.html

the fda approves drugs which cause bad side effects yet they clamp down big time on small companies producing herbal healthy remedies. i hate the big pharmaceutical co.s and the fda. greedy people
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Old May 20th 2007, 12:39 am
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wasn't there a thread on this a week or so ago?

either way, love or hate him, he certainly does go after interesting subjects and causes a discussion about it, so it can't all be bad
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Yes, started by moi, but I'm buggered if I'm going to look for it
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Originally Posted by Bob
either way, love or hate him, he certainly does go after interesting subjects and causes a discussion about it, so it can't all be bad
Don't a lot of people in the US talk about healthcare ??
Hardly very original, is it ??
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Yes, but much of it goes something like this 'We don't want the healthcare that Canada has - you have to wait years for a hip replacement'. *rolleyes*
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Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Don't a lot of people in the US talk about healthcare ??
Hardly very original, is it ??
Yes, but most people in the US think the only choice is between communism and getting screwed by the medical industry.
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Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Yes, but most people in the US think the only choice is between communism and getting screwed by the medical industry.
I completely agree with your point but do you really think Michael Moore is going to convince them otherwise with his inane rantings ??
That man lost the plot long ago. There is no need for him to introduce party politics into issues that everyone in the US should be equally concerned about - doesn't help one bit.
Oh - and he's a fat bastard.
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Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Yes, but most people in the US think the only choice is between communism and getting screwed by the medical industry.
Health care is controlled by money and those who have it. I still don't think much of Michael Moore though.
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Originally Posted by ladygwennie
Health care is controlled by money and those who have it. I still don't think much of Michael Moore though.
I don't think US healthcare is good as people say, I have heard a few horror stories in the last week. Wouldn't like to be poor and ill in US **shudder**

Michael Moore for all his faults, is a journalist first and foremost.

Seen Sicko already never thought people could die through lack of coverage

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Originally Posted by sarahjackson
Michael Moore for all his faults, is a journalist first and foremost.
I though he was a liberal political activist
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Originally Posted by sarahjackson
I don't think US healthcare is good as people say, I have heard a few horror stories in the last week. Wouldn't like to be poor and ill in US **shudder**
The healthcare is fine, and in my experience much better than the UK. Paying for it really f**king sucks though.

And of course the thing that makes it fun is that everyone is screwing everyone. I broke my collar bone a month ago, but it took me 4 days to realize that it was more than just a little banged up. So then I went to the hospital to get it looked at. The hospital sent me a statement:

Urgent care $200.00; Clavicle X-rays $146.80; Sling $57.75
Total = $404.85 - $20 copay = $384.85 billed to insurance.

Except that when I get the insurance statement it says that they paid $624.00 to the hospital.

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Originally Posted by AdobePinon
The healthcare is fine, and in my experience much better than the UK. Paying for it really f**king sucks though.
Standards over here match the amount of money one is willing to pay. Gotta love the American life

Difference is here, we actually see an improvement with increased money, at home more money goes into the NHS and it somehow seems to get even crazier

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US healthcare = efficiently run, fraud ridden, self medicating business;
UK healthcare = badly run, under funded charity.

the end.
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Originally Posted by USBound
US healthcare = efficiently run, fraud ridden, self medicating business;
UK healthcare = badly run, under funded charity.

the end.
I work in US healthcare..
US Healthcare: No insurance..you die
UK Healthcare: No need for insurance, you might wait, but you won't die.
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