Nurses Back ‘SiCKO,’ Slam Insurance Companies
December 24th, 2008 | by Rick |mmflint asked:
“In this system, the way it’s set up, the way the health insurance industry makes a profit is by restricting access and denying care.” — Geri Jenkins, RN, President, California Nurses Association http://www.michaelmoore.com cares.
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25 Responses to “Nurses Back ‘SiCKO,’ Slam Insurance Companies”
By TRUMAN on Dec 27, 2008 | Reply
DENNIS
Countries like France, Cuba, Philipines and India, anyone can go to medical school. Not everyone can pass the exams and get a medical degree. So it undercuts the exclusivity and financial elitism of the US. If you look at healthcare statistics, the highly reimbursed physicians aren’t necessarily the ones providing the best care. It’s a resource allocation system which at this time is utterly corrupted. This is why we import doctors from France, Philipines, Cuba and India. Imagine!
By FRANKLIN on Dec 27, 2008 | Reply
JOEL
It’s not the Insurance Companies and it’s not the Doctors. Think of healthcare as a supply and demand system. when the demand goes down (…people stop going to the Hospital for every little sniffle) the cost of healthcare goes down, premiums go down and we all win. Here’s a novel idea - take better care of yourself and you won’t have to worry about health care cost as much. Personally, I’d much rather have a Doctor driving a Mercedes than a mule!
By LOWELL on Dec 29, 2008 | Reply
BOB
in britain u can
By HARVEY on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
DEVIN
in australia you can
By ADRIAN on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
GONZALO
RU crazy?! THere is no accountability in socialized health care: YOU CANT SUE YOUR DOC IF HE SCREWS UP. yeah, that’s great.
By RAMIRO on Jan 2, 2009 | Reply
MACK
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By MELVIN on Jan 3, 2009 | Reply
ALFONSO
“I was told by my HMO it was 6 months to get an elective procedure on my knee…”
I’d like everyone to be aware that she’s complaining about waiting 6 months for an ELECTIVE surgery.
By WILFORD on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply
SON
Nohealthcare62, God bless you. Always pray to the most high and think positive. You will be welcomed to the light!
By TREVOR on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
LANE
Don’t you have anything better to do? I hope you come down with a life threatning illness and then we’ll see if you still think you’re so hot!
By ORVILLE on Jan 10, 2009 | Reply
WINSTON
scorpionkings; Some governments here in Canada have tried suggesting we go to a private system , but we’re not having any of it. We Canadians like our universal healthcare system and will not go private. And though it’s true that some little services have changed, I really haven’t noticed anything that diffent in our wait times and accessibility to specialists etc. Obviously, there’s always room for improvement
Peace..
By BYRON on Jan 12, 2009 | Reply
TAYLOR
HoracioAnell; You’ve made one of the most important and fundamental observations here about how the huge and greedy pharmaceutical companies want to keep ppl sick. Just notice all the new commercials out there for ‘illnesses’ that we never heard of before. The Huge Pharmaceutical companies will not rest until everyone is on some kind of medication for something!
And of course, the insurance companies need to show a profit–that’s their bottom line…so sick!!
By ZACHARY on Jan 15, 2009 | Reply
KARL
Please - PLEASE ! No More - Moore! Nurses back moore - nope - not all!
By BARRY on Jan 18, 2009 | Reply
LARRY
I’m an ER nurse. I wouldn’t back Moore if he were the last Sebastian on God’s green Earth! I don’t understand the hype about him other than this is a political move to get him, and those certain people running for office, in power. I can’t stand the idiot.
By DEMETRIUS on Jan 19, 2009 | Reply
ALEXIS
wow how hard is it to demand the tax people go in a audit the insurance companies who are taking over the contry ..have they heard of a cap on how much they make ..if you dont set rules and standards for the insurance companies who is watching them who is looking out for the middleman..perhaps they need a watch dog and laws set by the goverment
By ALAN on Jan 21, 2009 | Reply
JOHNATHAN
move to Canada!
By BLAINE on Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
STEPHEN
I paid $7 a yr and I had cancer they gave me VIOXX and narcotics .Now I have no insurance and I have cancer again I will die i am only 44 female i hope I live long enough to vote for Kucinich
By MARVIN on Jan 27, 2009 | Reply
GERARDO
I’m for national health care, BUT THE CLINTONS’ PLAN - KEEPING *ALL* THE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES INVOLVED - WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE BUREAUCRATIC *DISASTER* - AND PEOPLE COULD *STILL* HAVE BEEN DENIED PAYMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL INSTANCES!
ONE *GOOD* UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER PUBLIC NATIONAL HEALTH CARE PLAN FOR *ALL* CITIZENS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BEGIN.
And then we use what works best in other universal national health care countries and skip any shortcomings.
By AGUSTIN on Jan 27, 2009 | Reply
SHERMAN
i’m spnding thousands on my own for my family, and eveyone still wants more…. more co pays, more deductables, less coverage, more premiums and i’m one of the lucky ones. It’s not right.
By ROGER on Jan 30, 2009 | Reply
HORACE
you really are paraniod aren’t you got any other little voices in that tiny little thing you call a brain.
By ROBBIE on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply
JASPER
The system is set up for all departments of it to scam people by billing them and say ing they owe this much more after they were already paid. Threats that you still owe for tests or fees not covered and no time for dispute before they send it to a collection agency .
By EUGENIO on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
JUNIOR
Your correct..I’ve a few different reports stating that Canada what’s too change over too our FUCKED up American health care system…Private Insurance health care with a number one goal of making a PROFIT over patient care is WRONG..PERIOD
By LONNIE on Feb 4, 2009 | Reply
KENNETH
Our own little band of bandits and neo liberal nutcases ought to take a serious look at this one because they obviously want to Americanize medical care in the largest country in Scandinavia. How they ever got into power escapes me. Swedes are obviously morons and cannot appreciate what they have since they’ve never been abroad in any real sense and so they have nothing to compare it to.
By WALLACE on Feb 6, 2009 | Reply
EDDIE
Canada didn’t have long wait times until recently. It is government that slashed funding for health care in Canada. I suspect the health funding cuts in Canada is an agenda to introduce 2 tier health care : one you get for free and wait for, and another private system for the wealthy. There is no reason for it. We could have short waits times if funding was restored.
By VIRGIL on Feb 7, 2009 | Reply
ABDUL
Reports indicate that no single country has all the best health care outcomes. To start saying who is better at this or who waits how long for that is missing the point: healthcare works best when everybody is a part of one system. Imagine if fire protection was based on who had what insurance, and cause of fire had to be assessed before fire is extinguished. We’d say it was ludicrous. That’s what Moore is saying about competing insurance for health care.
By AUBREY on Feb 8, 2009 | Reply
NORMAND
A lot of supporters of universal healthcare have rather simple-minded analyses. But I still agree with them. According to an article on wikipedia about “Healthcare”, Afghanistan and Iraq have universal healthcare that is funded by the U.S. Very ironic. The federal government pays for the universal coverage for two other countries but not its own.