Isn't Michael Moore a hypocrite since he talks about the health care industry, yet he is fat and unhealthy?

Answer 1

Because he can afford health care while he is overweight. His obesity has nothing to do with the light he shines on the heatlh care industry.
I am sure there will be people such as yourself who will malign him ,especially those who have health insurance who don't know what is like not to be covered
I can understand why he highlights what he does because I know what it is like not to be covered and to wonder how, if my son becomes ill, would a visit to the emergency room be paid. It happened and a 4 hour stay in the pediatric emergency room cost $1,029 and that was in 2004.
For a person like me whose company does not provide insurance and I have a child, if I want low insurance payments, I have to have an astronomical deductible which defeats the purpose of having insurance. If you want a low decutible, you have to pay through the nose for insurance. So in my case for my son and myself, my monthly payments are $480.00/mth and that's carrying a $1,500 deductible. If I had wanted a lower payment of say $280.00 I would have to carry a deductible of $2,500 and forget a pregnancy rider, which is an additional cost of 180.00/mth so all told my monthly payments just in case I get pregnant ( although i am not planning to at this moment) would be $660.00/mth which is 1/2 of what i pay in rent and it would make sense for a woman to carry the rider if she is of child bearing age because private insurance companies will NOT cover visits to an OB or for delivery whether by midwife or OB in a hospital or home setting IF you don't have the rider. From my own experience, when I gave birth at the hospital in 2003, that 48 hour stay was to the tune of $15,500.00. At least at that time I had insurance but I had watched my premium go from $180.00/mth Feb 2003 to $680.00/mth by Aug 2003
It is sad that for supposedly the most powerful industrial nation in the world, we rank 37th in terms of healthcare. Compare that to a 3rd world country on which we have had a 48 year embargo blocking medicines etc, and that country ranked 39th.
So based on a persons' point of reference unless there is the experience of what it is like not to have insurance and trying to pay for it on your own his movie might come across as half truths. I guess the 43 million estimated uninsured will probably say he is the voice of the people.

Answer 2

I hate Michael Moore but I don't think this new movie is mainly stating that people aren't covered well by insurance, or they have no insurance at all.

I believe he has a story in there where a man loses two fingers but can only chose to save one because that's all his insurance will cover. I haven't seen the movie, but I think it goes along those lines.

So, for once, I'd have to say he's not being a hypocrite.

Answer 3

A hypocrite and a liar.
And the sheep buy it, as is evidenced by the other answers to this question.

Answer 4

I'll bet, weight notwithstanding, that he's smarter than you. And I'm sure you wouldn't know which end of a movie camera is up. He may be fat, but at least he's using his gifts and talents to try to better our world.
What have YOU done to better the world lately?

Answer 5

Yes, I agree with you , he is an overweight, probably hypertensive , super liberal hypocrite.....

Answer 6

No. He's not. You need to be more educated.

Answer 7

ummm...no