Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Movie I Want to See this Summer
It isn't Pirates of the Caribbean. Or Die Hard. Or Rush Hour. The movie I want to see the most is Michael Moore's latest documentary, Sicko.
Sicko recently had its debut at the Cannes film festival, and it was a smash hit. And what's more astounding is that not just liberals are embracing the film, but Michael Moore is reporting himself that critics who opposed his politics actually wept during the screening and are fully supporting his film. As good as Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 were, Sicko is being touted as perhaps his best work.
Of course, the US government isn't welcoming this attack on their health care system with open arms. They are actually considering pressing charges on Michael Moore for bringing 9/11 workers to Cuba to receive health care that their own country denied them. I hope they do pursue this, because it will just highlight how pathetic their health care system is if their own citizens have to flee the country to receive medical treatment. Maybe it will open the doors for universal health care for US citizens.
Here's a three minute CNN clip on the Cannes premiere that also shows some clips from Sicko:
Will it screen in the US?
# posted by SBP : 7:05 PM
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Ben, this caught my eye:
...it will just highlight how pathetic their health care system is if their own citizens have to flee the country to receive medical treatment.
What about all the Canadians who head to the USA for CAT-scans, MRIs and other medical procedures? They feel as though they 'have to flee the country to receive medical treatment' too.
Just something for you to think about as the Sens quack under pressure.
...it will just highlight how pathetic their health care system is if their own citizens have to flee the country to receive medical treatment.
What about all the Canadians who head to the USA for CAT-scans, MRIs and other medical procedures? They feel as though they 'have to flee the country to receive medical treatment' too.
Just something for you to think about as the Sens quack under pressure.
# posted by 
: 2:29 PM, May 24, 2007
: 2:29 PM, May 24, 2007
First, Canada's system isn't perfect. It's underfunded; a co-worker told me she has to wait 2 years for her MRI. But, at the very least, she still can get one and won't be denied it because she doesn't have a private insurance plan. The difference is that if she was American, she wouldn't be able to go ANYWHERE to get one, period.
One thing that's constant anywhere, is that if you're rich, none of these scenarios really apply to you.
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One thing that's constant anywhere, is that if you're rich, none of these scenarios really apply to you.
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