Another guy, cut his two fingers; middle and ring on an accident involving a wood cutter. Because he didn't have insurance, he was given options to either attach his middle finger which costs USD60k and the ring finger USD12k. Naturally he opted for the ring cause, Michael says he's being romantic more than cost factor, a obvious sarcastic remark.
Next an old couple, after spending money on her cancer and his double by-pass surgery, they have declared themselves bankrupt an d move in to their daughter's house.
The origin to the ridiculous healthcare system in america is from Nixon, back in 1971, where he approved of privatisation of insurance healthcare company. THere's where hell began.
People are being rejected from healthcare because they don;t have insurance in America.
Yet, insurance companies were earning mullahs like no ones business. Y? Because they incentified medical doctors who denied coverage for people who bought insurance but denied medical coverage because of reasons they hunt like hitman which make Sherlock Homes shame to his knees. This is a whole unit of hitman dedicated to your health history.
Any payment to the claim is determined as a 'medical loss'.
Hillary Clinton was under a good light, which I thought was gonna boost her political leverage for she was the one who after the years of Ford, Carter, Reagen, Bush Sr, all rows of republicans except for a brief and inept Carter, began to come out with a paperwork that can save healthcare in America, to form a universal healthcare system. But she was not prevailing. Lobbies and clout from the HMO and insurance company totally squashed her work, her downfall for just a while until now of course.
Even then, she from a anti-HMO gal, became friend to them, and got paid doing it.
The Republicans under Bush administration, approved Medicare Prescription and Drug Improvement Act 2003 which made most citizens end up paying more than they used to. After that most congressman who approve this left and work for the health industry for high salary as high as USD2mil a year like for Billy Tauzin.
Then Michael brought us to healthcare system from other first-world countried like Canada, Britain and France to see how the people being treated and how much thay pay. All of them say they either pay little or none at all. There was even a funny scene where Michael, dumbfounded with disbelieve, went hunting for a payment counter, which he found, which turns out to be the counter which pays patients for their transport! Patients were paid to get treated and paid to go home, reason being they want to make sure they got back home safe!
And then Michael found out something interesting, Guantanamo Prison near Cuba, where the prisoners of terrorism were held, are having medical care that is as excellent or maybe better then the average medical centre in the rest of the country!
Michael, having interviewed some 911 heroes who went out voluntarily to help scour and save victims who might be trapped at ground zero, because they did it voluntarily, they were not entitled for medical treatment subsidizaton or support by the government not are they rewarded by 911 charity health funds that were set up with a USD50million size, he brought these people to Guantanamo hoping that he could get help from them to treat these groups of self-less fine men and women who became afflicted with debilitating disease from their act of saving lives during 911.
They were ignored, dangerously being taunted by siren in Guantanamo prison gate.
Having their Cuba trip being cut short, they decided to pay a visit to the hospitals in Cuba and try their luck there. And lo and behold they actually were treated like kings and queens, and get this.. they were not asked to pay!! I personally find it hard to believe, maybe the cubans trying to put up a fine facade to show the americans how good they are faring, especially from the very person whom they can count on to embarrass american, not to mention its system and the power-that-be.
In the end i find this show a bit too on the biased side. What I want to know is what actually comes out good from this HMO system that was started and obviously voted by the people of the government, which I believe bound to have some good souls who see the good side of it. Hell, the must be a good side of the HMO for how did even manage to get to the discussion board in the first place! What is the benefits that Michael did not show?
The Cuban antique is a bit too much of a reality show. For I am sure no throngs of americans will flush to cuba anytime soon.
Michael Moore is a good guy, someone you could say the person who sees the greater good. Or the person whose Virtue preceded his natural vanity. Heck he even paid the person who boast as the biggest anti-Michael Moore website for his wife's health problem because he could not support his website anymore and end up closing it. In the end Michale Moore saves his website!! What's more winnable than a person who helps his enemy?
Criticism:
He fudged cuban per capita health spending? Gupta says not important though, but says number not right.
France drowning in taxing, 50 billion dollar debt, wrong perception that healthcare is free
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