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***Anna*** · 06-30-2007, 08:55 PM

I just got home from seeing this movie and I thought it was great. The film was strictly about people WITH insurance coverage and it was funny in places and heart-breakingly sad in places. I cried a few times.

I am looking at it from a Canadian perpective and I don't think Michael Moore was being anti-American at all, but just pointing out health care methods that work in other countries and questioning whether some of the ideas could help the American system. The Canadian system is pretty good, not perfect, but really pretty good. I was so impressed with the system France has where you can get house-calls as a routine thing, and new mothers get help from government employed nannies for two 4hour sessions a week, so that they can go out, run errands, have a break.

**margo** · 06-30-2007, 09:55 PM

Anna - I am really looking forward to seeing Sicko as I love Michael Moore's films. I saw some clips from the movie when he was on Oprah a couple of weeks ago and was shocked at the way things are in the US when it comes to the health care system. I feel I will never complain about the Canadian system again! One of the clips they showed was the part about the suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay getting better health care treatment than most Americans - the way he took the sick WTC cleanup workers down there in a boat and shouted through the megaphone that they needed medical attention - tragic but funny! I read today that Sicko is the second largest opening weekend ever for a documentary - Fahrenheit 9/11 was first.

Hesh · 07-01-2007, 03:58 AM

I love Michael Moore also.. I think he's fantastic. The world needs people like him.

Sober_John · 07-01-2007, 06:08 AM

I don't live in MA. but I do live on The MA. border. With that being siad, I listen to thier radio station, watch thier TV, read thier paper, work in, and know people who live there. Well you maybe saying to yourself what does that have to do with the topic at hand Hmmm.

By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 5, 2006; Page A01

BOSTON, April 4 -- The Massachusetts legislature approved a bill Tuesday that would require all residents to purchase health insurance or face legal penalties, which would make this the first state to tackle the problem of incomplete medical coverage by treating patients the same way it does cars.

Yes, my experinace is second hand not like Margo.

Hesh · 07-01-2007, 06:35 AM

In the U.K, there has ben a huge number of Americans trying to seek asylum here because of our National Health Service

splendra · 07-01-2007, 10:10 AM

I went to Michael Moore's web site and saw the trailer I also saw a video of him and some 911 rescue people going to Gauntanimo Bay asking for some decent health care because they are getting better health care there than the average American

06-30-2007, 08:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 15,910	Sicko the movie I just got home from seeing this movie and I thought it was great. The film was strictly about people WITH insurance coverage and it was funny in places and heart-breakingly sad in places. I cried a few times. I am looking at it from a Canadian perpective and I don't think Michael Moore was being anti-American at all, but just pointing out health care methods that work in other countries and questioning whether some of the ideas could help the American system. The Canadian system is pretty good, not perfect, but really pretty good. I was so impressed with the system France has where you can get house-calls as a routine thing, and new mothers get help from government employed nannies for two 4hour sessions a week, so that they can go out, run errands, have a break. __________________ Anna And I dont know what the future is holding in store I dont know where Im going, Im not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the living, I dont need to see the end. John Denver

06-30-2007, 09:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
margo Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 1,724	Anna - I am really looking forward to seeing Sicko as I love Michael Moore's films. I saw some clips from the movie when he was on Oprah a couple of weeks ago and was shocked at the way things are in the US when it comes to the health care system. I feel I will never complain about the Canadian system again! One of the clips they showed was the part about the suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay getting better health care treatment than most Americans - the way he took the sick WTC cleanup workers down there in a boat and shouted through the megaphone that they needed medical attention - tragic but funny! I read today that Sicko is the second largest opening weekend ever for a documentary - Fahrenheit 9/11 was first. __________________ Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky. ~Ojibwe saying~

07-01-2007, 06:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sober_John Employment Exertion Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WV USA Posts: 745	I don't live in MA. but I do live on The MA. border. With that being siad, I listen to thier radio station, watch thier TV, read thier paper, work in, and know people who live there. Well you maybe saying to yourself what does that have to do with the topic at hand Hmmm. By David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 5, 2006; Page A01 BOSTON, April 4 -- The Massachusetts legislature approved a bill Tuesday that would require all residents to purchase health insurance or face legal penalties, which would make this the first state to tackle the problem of incomplete medical coverage by treating patients the same way it does cars. Yes, my experinace is second hand not like Margo. __________________ We know from long experience that if [former prisoners] can’t find work, or a home, or help, they are much more likely to commit more crimes and return to prison. America is the land of the second chance.

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splendra the girl can't help it Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: splendraville Posts: 5,367 Blog Entries: 3	I went to Michael Moore's web site and saw the trailer I also saw a video of him and some 911 rescue people going to Gauntanimo Bay asking for some decent health care because they are getting better health care there than the average American __________________ nice has a hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

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07-01-2007, 03:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hesh Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 113	I love Michael Moore also.. I think he's fantastic. The world needs people like him.

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Hesh Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 113	In the U.K, there has ben a huge number of Americans trying to seek asylum here because of our National Health Service

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