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Originally Posted by Peaches
True, I have no idea if he's advocating socialized medicine. I know a lot of people in the US are though 
Colin, I'm with you - let me pay for my own medical insurance and care, let me see my own doctor when I want, and yes, the bear DID have a boo boo in his front paw but I think he's OK now 
BTW, I have also dealt with having to pay for medical care outside of insurance. In 2000 I had over $25K in medical bills due to a bleeding ulcer. I'd still rather do that than depend on the US government for my medical care. |
The main thing to think about is the US is the only country in Western civilization that does not offer a national health care service. Its citizens also live 2-3 years less than those of France, Canada and Britain and the mortality rate of its infants is behind 36 other countries.
That speaks volumes to me about the quality of care provided in the US.
The movies main points are those who are insured are not quite insured. When the claims become to much dollar wise the insurance company will do "ANYTHING" it possibly can to deny your claim and not pay out. Thus there are millions or people who thought they were covered and paid their monthly fees only to be screwed royally by their HMO and forced into bankruptcy to pay for their health or worse deteriorate into death. The movie has an example about a man that had kidney cancer and needed a bone marrow transplant from his brother to survive. The HMO denied the claim because they deemed it experimental. The wife worked at the hospital as a nurse and the HMO had their main office at the hospital and still was screwed over. The husband died because of the HMO's denial.