Michael Moore's "Sicko"

cirquelover · 06-25-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I didn't even go to a doctor when I literally cooked my eyeballs and the last time I did go to a doctor (2003) it was because I was in so much pain I literally couldn't walk upright (kidney stone).

If all goes well the next time I see a doctor it will be so he can tell me I have only a few seconds to live so he has to talk fast.

OT- Alex this post is a perfect example of how first you make me shake my head, then you make me laugh out loud! Visible mojo for you my friend.

Anyway, my aunt was/is Canadian and I know she had to wait many months for surgery to remove cancer and the chemo that followed. It was also more than once. They finally moved to the US for better health care and schools.

If you ask me Australia's health care system seemed just as bad. They appeared to be 20 years behind in medical technology. My mom had some horror stories from the 12 years she lived there.

I don't know what the answer is but we need to figure something out. Between the cost of drugs, Dr bills, let alone hospital costs it is outrageous and can sink a family very quickly.

Ponine · 06-25-2007, 03:22 PM

I went through my deleted email.. it appears the information about the sneaks came from Michael Moore's blog. Not that its important now, but I wanted to throw it out there.

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From: maillist@michaelmoore.com [mailto:maillist@michaelmoore.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 02:07 PM Pacific Standard Time
To: ******
Subject: 'SiCKO' Sneaks Across America This Saturday!

Friends,

Would you like to go to a sneak preview of my new film, "Sicko," before
it opens on June 29th? Well, if you live anywhere near the 32 cities
listed below, this Saturday night, June 23rd, our movie studio is going
to hold sneak screenings of "Sicko" in 43 theaters across the country.

<snip>

Last night we screened "Sicko" for the members of Congress and the
Senate in Washington, D.C. Earlier in the day we testified during a
briefing in Congress called by the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. I brought with me some of the people who appear
in the film to tell their stories -- and it was a powerful moment.

None the less, still offended the union felt the need to send it to me