One retiree's take on Sicko! Well stated!!

July 23, 2007

Have you seen Sicko? Here's my take on the movie. Michael Moore nailed it again...health care in the US is sickening...except for congress and other public officials of course. They certainly believe in universal health care for themselves! The facts are always shocking: our high infant mortality, poorer general health, less longevity, denial of benefits after paying for them through premiums. We easily compare to third world countries who don't have our wealth. (Maybe we don't either since ours is so concentrated at the top.) In England, a Labour politician said democracy brought them universal health care after WWll on the theory that if they could spend money on war, they definitely could afford to spend it on health care. That certainly applies to us. But, US citizens have been brain washed to believe health care for all equals communism and, of course, higher taxes. But we're already being taxed through our premiums and copays and expenses and still can't depend on getting adequate care.