Michael Moore's "Sicko"

[Alex]

Part of the debate I see but don't care for is viewing "health care" as a standalone, societally isolated subject.

Living the fancy life in Paris would be great, but I would not want to try and live the life I now live in France. They have better health care but they have a working environment that I'd not enjoy (and that many successful Parisians apparently don't enjoy based on the number I've worked with who escape as soon as they can).

Castro's healthcare might be great, but I don't want to live in his country for many other reasons.

I still haven't seen the movie but I have seen several lengthy segments. And Michael Moore definitely raises many good points. Insurance companies dodging out of coverage they've agreed to is not a good thing and should be stopped.

But I also don't agree with his solutions. I'd quibble with some stuff but I overwhelmingly agree with this guy's view of things. It isn't just a matter of changing an isolated black box that is health care it is changing a whole social fabric and that is both more difficult to do and causes in me more trepidation than if it were possible to just unplug the current system and put in a new one.