"We Canucks were taking issue with the large liberties Sicko takes with the
facts, with its lavish praise for Canada’s government-funded medicare system
compared with America’s for-profit alternative.While justifiably demonstrating
the evils of an American system where dollars are the major determinant of the
quality of medicare care a person receives, and where restoring a severed finger
could cost an American $60,000 compared to nothing at all for a Canadian, Sicko
makes it seem as if Canada’s socialized medicine is flawless and that Canadians
are satisfied with the status quo.Moore makes the eyebrow-raising assertion that
Canadians live on average three years longer than Americans because of their
superior health care system…Other Canadian journalists spoke of the long wait
times Canadians face for health care, much longer than the few minutes Moore
suggests in Sicko. Moore, who has come under considerable fire for factual
inaccuracies in his films, parried back with more questionable claims.“You’re in
a longer line than we’re in because you get to live three years longer than we
do. Why is that?” Moore said."
Caution, a new Moore snow job is going to be released on the general public soon. I am dreading the crowds of misinformed or partially informed people who will come out of the theaters thinking they are now experts on the health care system in America.
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