Comments on: SiCKO: A lot better than I’d expected http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/9735 A project of the International Society for Individual Liberty Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:17:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Steve Trinward http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/9735#comment-140362 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:50:08 +0000 http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/9735#comment-140362 I do not disagree. In fact, I ran that Cannon piece a few days ago, before I saw the movie. My point is, Michael Moore has performed a service in raising these questions to a mass audience. Yes, he tweaks and twists a bit; what else is new? But along the way, he targets some legit targets (Pharma, AMA, insurance, etc.) that need to be called to accountability for a major part of the problem. His "single payer" fetish notwithstanding, this is to be commended. I do not disagree. In fact, I ran that Cannon piece a few days ago, before I saw the movie. My point is, Michael Moore has performed a service in raising these questions to a mass audience. Yes, he tweaks and twists a bit; what else is new? But along the way, he targets some legit targets (Pharma, AMA, insurance, etc.) that need to be called to accountability for a major part of the problem.

His “single payer” fetish notwithstanding, this is to be commended.

]]> by: Nine Over http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/9735#comment-139763 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:06:54 +0000 http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/9735#comment-139763 Here's a pretty good example of what "single payer" Health Care will look like. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp110:FLD010:@1(sr107 Michael Moore and I Agree! (Sort Of) by Michael F. Cannon "I have to say, by making such a one–sided movie, you certainly made my job easier. For example, you show American patients who were denied medical care by greedy for–profit insurance companies. But you ignore the fact that power–hungry politicians do the same thing in Canada, Great Britain, France, and Cuba. I suppose that's why the Canadian journalists at the Cannes Film Festival gave you such a grilling. You laud socialized American institutions like public education and the post office. But you never mention that Americans criticize those same institutions for their high costs and poor quality. You extol the virtues of France's economic system, which seems to have socialized everything right down to laundry service. But you never tell your audience that taxes in France are 50 percent higher than in the U.S., or that the French unemployment rate is double the U.S. rate. Instead, you just ask several bons vivants if they feel like they're doing well. (Mais bien sûr!)" http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8478 Here’s a pretty good example of what “single payer” Health Care will look like.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp110:FLD010:@1(sr107

Michael Moore and I Agree! (Sort Of)
by Michael F. Cannon
“I have to say, by making such a one–sided movie, you certainly made my job easier. For example, you show American patients who were denied medical care by greedy for–profit insurance companies. But you ignore the fact that power–hungry politicians do the same thing in Canada, Great Britain, France, and Cuba. I suppose that’s why the Canadian journalists at the Cannes Film Festival gave you such a grilling.

You laud socialized American institutions like public education and the post office. But you never mention that Americans criticize those same institutions for their high costs and poor quality.

You extol the virtues of France’s economic system, which seems to have socialized everything right down to laundry service. But you never tell your audience that taxes in France are 50 percent higher than in the U.S., or that the French unemployment rate is double the U.S. rate. Instead, you just ask several bons vivants if they feel like they’re doing well. (Mais bien sûr!)”
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8478

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