Summary
Michael Moore's new movie, "Sicko," tries to convince us that health care in Canada, France, Britain and even Cuba is "free," universal, excellent and everlasting - and because in America it is not, millions of our fellow citizens, even those who sacrificed at Ground Zero, are denied care and/or die for no fault of their own. Mr. Moore also has another, larger message: that socialism is nothing to be afraid of, but rather the administrative reflection of one human being's desire to hug one another.
As with "Fahrenheit 9-11," Mr. Moore never lets fact get in the way of his argument. The movie begins with two men dealing with work accidents. One is stitching up a deep cut in knee with needle and thread. The other sliced his middle and wedding finger ring off with a band saw. Neither have insurance. Ray, the guy who lost his fingers, is told by the hospital it can sew his wedding finger back on for $12,000 and the other for $60,000. He chooses the wedding finger and decides to lose the other.See the full content of this document
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A Sick Message ; Health Care Through a Biased Lens
But in Oregon, where Ray lived, you can buy a policy that covers such surgery for $90 a month. If he could pay for the surgery, why not the cost of the health insurance? And the guy stitching up his knee could...
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