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[Feanor]

There are plenty of directors not to like (Roman Polanski?) Michael Moore simply uses hyperbole to highlight inequities in our various capitalistic systems. He has won a few awards for good filmaking. Stiring up emotions is his job and he seems to be good at it.

As far as Sicko is concerned, the American system is rife with inequity. Last year my wife was in the emergency room 5 times for stomach cramps so bad she was totally disabled. Still no diagnosis as to what caused these episodes.
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I think Moore is getting better; I intend to see Capitalism, A Love Story as soon as I conveniently can. Sicko was quite good: better focus and less hyperbole than either Fahrenheit 9/11 or Bowling for Columbine that preceeded it.

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We have Blue Shield a very high priced and supposedly excellent health insurance. In each incident she was sent home after being pumped full of morphine after a few hours. At the other end of the scale, a senator or senior administration official will be admitted for a few days of observation if they stub their toe. Our system is so elitist as to be scary, its almost as if we want a return to royalty and serfs.

I must admit the treatment you'd get in Canada would be more like Blue Shield than the senators' coverage. But everybody gets the same thing and pays nothing out of pocket.

A big part of the US problem is that the rich believe that they deserve better healthcare than the poor. And they aren't willing to pay more taxes to ensure good care to the latter if it means compromising that their own level of care in the least. That's the moral issue Americans must confront. But feel this, bro -- the compromised quality aspect is largely an illusion: in my opinion, >95% of Americans would be better off personally with a universal, single-payer system.