Have any conservatives seen Sicko yet?

Question

If you HAVE seen it, I want to know what exactly makes you against universal health care (if you are against it). There is obviously a problem with our health care system and those who refuse to acknowledge that fact are just plain ignorant.

For example, I have medical bills I can't pay and that I haven't been able to pay for over 2 years that's ruining my credit. One of my best friends had to declare bankruptcy because her medical bills and prescriptions were costing her too much. My stepfather (who has insurance) has had to have surgery on his back 4 times because he has a plate in his spine that keeps falling out of place.

Surely you can't think our health care system is in good shape, so how can you still justify it? (I'm not trying to be mean or political, I'm just very upset that we can't all be entitled to the same care when it seems almost every other civilized country is having major success with it.)

I'm only targeting conservatives with this question because they are the ones who are for the most part against it. Anyone who is against universal health care can answer this question, I just used the word "conservative" because that's the group of people who are most likely against it.

Answer 1

No. But I will probably buy it when it comes out on DVD. I do not generally use my entertainment dollars for a flick of this nature. I try to have fun with movies, and entertain my child.

I already know how I feel about this issue, though. I have no blinders on about this issue. I am self-employed and have a child with a life-long illness which requires thousands in healthcare, out of my pocket. And those are the KNOWN costs.

But for me it simply boils down to whose job it is to provide coverage for my family. Ultimately, if it bankrupts me, I will put him on disability. But only when it is bankrupting me.

And that is just a crazy little thing called life.

I don't think our Constitution will allow for socialized anything. Not without revising it. And every time the Supreme Court revises the 1st amendment, they leave the door open for craziness.

ADDED: Oh, and one more thing that is nearly bankrupting me: Federal taxes. That 15.3% I pay to Social Security and Medicare that I am told will not be there for me. So put one more tax bill on me and I may join the welfare class. You want truth? There's truth.

Answer 2

"...I want to know what exactly makes you against universal health care "
Because it is an income-redistribution scheme which has proven to be a failure everywhere it has been tried. If government-managed healthcare ( or health insurance ) is so promising, then why is Medicare such a disaster?

"I have medical bills I can't pay and that I haven't been able to pay for over 2 years that's ruining my credit."
Condolences, but how is that my problem? Will you send me some of your money to help me get out from under my credit card debt?

"Surely you can't think our health care system is in good shape"
Then why do people come from Britain, France and Canada (the purported scions of socialized medicine) to recieve health services here in the USA? Because they might die in their own countries before being seen by a specialist and recieving necessary treatments.
Our health care system is fine. If the left would support reducing government regulation, support medical malpractice tort reform and if the right would oppose bans on re-importing American drugs, the best health care in the world would be affordable.
Do you really think the bloated, bureaucratic government can compete with the free market if the above constraints are eased?

"I'm just very upset that we can't all be entitled to the same care when it seems almost every other civilized country is having major success with it."
Entitled? Sounds like commie talk to me, comrade!
And there are no "civilized" countries left ( though we used to be. )

Answer 3

Man, if you think Health Care is expensive now, just wait until it is Free!
Like his other "documentaries" Sicko is NOT accurate or even true. Why would anyone pay good money to receive a dose of propaganda from a communist?
If Castro's free health care in Cuba is so great, then why are so many Dr.s who were sent to Venezuela to help the revolution there be defecting?
If Canada's Health care is so much better than ours and its free, why don't you move to Canada? or better yet, Cuba?
Let me see now, you have a computer, you pay for internet access, and you go to the movies, but you can't pay your medical bills? What is wrong with this picture?

Answer 4

I will never watch any Moore movie! I am against the plan only in part. I have huge medical bills and I pay $25 a month on them. When my income went up I volunteered $150 just to get them paid off. I do have insurance and have had excellent care. I believe all people should have medical and food taken care of, I'm big on this. But from what is going on in other countries if we go this route we will have to do better than what they have. That's my beef. You have a guy who had abused his body all his life and now I should have to pay for it if I were healthy? Our taxes will crush us. Also, they wait for weeks to get into a doctor and they don't get the doctor they want but who they send you to. Now if you can improve on this I'm all for it. I don't like the idea that those on medical cards can't get dental help very easy!

Answer 5

"it seems almost every other civilized country is having major success with it" ... No, no, no, no, no. Countries with nationalized healthcare are having a terrible time with it. Please, do some research on it. You may be a very nice person, but you're quite wrong on this.

Michael Moore produces fantasies, not documentaries. He should be ashamed of himself.

Government taking over healthcare? I can hardly think of a worse idea. The purpose of government is to do things that the private economy cannot do. Healthcare is something the private economy can do.

I think the basic problem of healthcare today is that the people who receive healthcare (the patients) are not the same people that pay for healthcare (insurance companies). I don't know who's fault it is, but when those two things are separated, there is trouble.

A hospital charges $40.00 for an aspirin, and the insurance company is willing to pay it, that is a problem. Actually, that is two problems.

The healthcare system needs fixing, but government take-over is NOT the solution.

Answer 6

If I want to learn about unverisal health care I am NOT going to Moore's work of fiction.

Here is the problem unverisal health care doesn't work.

Take for example Canada what are the Canadians do if they want surgury they come here.

On the same token we want drugs we go there.

Something wrong with this picture.

Socialize medcine has it share of problems.
Look at what happen at Walter Reed.
Now you are going to trust the same government to take care of you?

Name me a government program that isn't layer with tons of paperwork to get things done.

Welfare a buck of welfare tax money the welfare mom gets maybe 10 cents of that buck.

Our current health care system isn't prefect but I don't want to trust the government to fix the problem they never do.

Look at how wonderful FEMA is to respond.
Who save lives while the governor, mayor, etc were point fingers? The common man.

In KS after the twisters hit before the governor got there the streets were cleared and people were in homes.

After the earthquake in CA what did FEMA offer an appointment in 6 months for meeting to see if they need food or water.

You think the government is the way to go?

Now to me that is just being a sicko.

Answer 7

There's no point in having universal health care until we figure out a way to fix the problem with undo corporate influence on the Democrats and Republicans we've elected to office.

Our government is inept and until that is no longer the case they're not going to be able to effectively run health care.

And I will add that if anyone thinks getting rid of malpractice suits alone will solve the problem they are dreaming.

Answer 8

Michael Moore lost *all* of his credibility (if he ever had any) when he made the movie, "9-11"; what makes him any kind of expert on UHC (universal health care)? I wouldn't cross the street to see "Sicko", if you paid for my ticket!

That being said, the main "civilized" countries I know of that have UHC (Great Britain and Canada) are *not* having major success with it! In fact, Canadians have been known to come to the U.S. to get timely and affordable heath care! I've also heard "horror stories" about the long wait in England for medical procedures for everyone but the more affluent, who can afford to eschew "free" UHC! Meanwhile, how much in taxes does the average Canuck or Brit pay for his "free" UHC? Cuba also has UHC; but didn't Castro have to send to Spain for surgeons to perform *his* colon surgery? I don't know what other "civilized" countries have UHC; but please name one which has been having "major" success it!

We definitely need some sort of reform in our health care system, particularly in the stranglehold that HMOs have, in the ease of suing doctors for malpractice, and in the eagerness of people to do so; but UHC is *definitely *not* the way to go!

Answer 9

I don't want the government deciding on what health care I can receive. I have a condition that requires expensive medication. I am sure that if the government had to pay for it, the FDA would never have approved it.

If you want national health care, why can't you just move somewhere that has it and let us have the system that we like? Why do you want selfishly want to take away my choice?

Answer 10

I have not seen the movie. I will tell you this though. I have enjoyed going to my private doctor more so than going to the free clinic. Have you ever been to the clinic? That's nationlized heathcare. We have free healthcare in America already. It is not controlled by the government. You go to any ER in America, and they must see you, or take you to someone who can. To provide healthcare to everyone will cost us tax payers big time. Do the research now that you have seen the movie. Most countries who have it are in bad shape. Research it please. There are many private doctors now in England and many are starting to go back to them. The hospitals in England only change sheets once a week.

Have you heard of Walter Reed. There's you an example of US government run hospitals. Michael Moore has an agenda. Research the propaganda he spews and then see f you still like it.