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Originally Posted by Red Ezra
I sat stunned for five minutes after watching that movie - heavy stuff man - too real and a sad reality - not getting better but worse everyday
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It's a very powerful movie and isn't really about the unisured people of America but rather the people who feel they are covered by their insurance only to get fucked right over when they get denied for anything and anything the insurance company can deny for, all in the name of profits and greed. Leaving people broke, stressed and dying. All people who thought they had good health care and paid good premiums for it. That's the truly sad part.
But people that have the "security blanket" and believe they are fully covered and will never get denied for the medical they may need, won't ever believe they will get fucked till they get fucked. Good luck having 2 heart attacks in a year and getting denied for coverage and lose your home at the age of 55.
The most striking point of the movie to me was the British system where they pay their doctors more for the number of patients they get to quit smoking, lower their cholesterol, improve their diets and exercise etc. What a novel approach. Treat the patients early and keep them healthy for cheap rather than wait till they are so sick and the cost of treating these patients is astronomical to the insurance companies and the tax payer.