Anybody gonna go see Michael Moore's new documentary this weekend?

Answer 1

I am going to see it because I can relate to alot of what I saw in the previews for the movie.
Anyway, 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. Forget about me. 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. Wellness checkups for him are part of the deductible and having to pay $175.00/ visit, if he is ill and needs to see his pediatrician is tough.
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/or trying to pay for it on your own, his movie might come across as bunkum to some. I guess the 43 million estimated uninsured will probably say he is the voice of the people.

Answer 2

I've already watched it. And frankly I agree to what the movie conveyed. I used to be in the navy and it is true that the same terrorist that are killing our soldiers in afghanistan and iraq are getting free medical and dental in Guantanamo, yet, over here in america firefighters and police officers can't even get that kind of treatment from our government.
What's more disturbing is that people in the congress are in it too. Did you know that once you are elected to be a representative or a senator, and you worked for five years in the capitol you get free medical for the rest of your life? Yet, we the people who are paying taxes for this a$$hole are busting our a$$ and not getting the medical attention that we deserve, I thought that this was government by the people, for the people, of the people, yet it is a government by the people who worked their a$$ so that the congress can get free medical, get paid five times more than the regular working person and get less taxed than the regular people.
I think that we all should fire them and replace them all.

Answer 3

I've been screwed over by my health insurance company, so I'll be seeing it.

Answer 4

I went to see it and posted a review already.

http://www.davesaunders.net/blog/movie-reviews/movie-review-sicko

Answer 5

Hell NO. I don't like fictional films that portray themselves as documentaries. His $HIT is as real as "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT".

Answer 6

Not me, I'll avoid it like the plague.

Answer 7

No, I'm not going to see that dumb movie!