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In Reply to: RE: This was one of his funniest movies ... posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on January 25, 2010 at 09:53:43

Well I can tell you a story. My friend's dad is quite wealthy but imagine if you were the "average person". He is a Canadian male around 50 and went on holiday to Las Vegas. In Canada you should buy travel insurance but sometimes they don't tell you about it but I always buy huge travel insurance when going to the U.S.

Anyway - he had a sudden heart problem not a heart attack but skipped beats etc. He went to the hospital - had three injection of some liquid - each injection cost $6,000.00 I hope it was liquid diamonds because that is truly shocking - 4 nights in the hospital, ambulance service and the bill came to over $50,000. I can tell you that that would put me into bankruptcy.

My friend's dad is wealthy as I say so he could cover that but wow.

With Canada's travel medical insurance the Canadian government will foot the bill up to about 2 million (which still may not be enough for all I know).

I don't understand the logical of someone who makes a million dollars a year after tax who could not be just as happy with $900,000? But what is more idiotic is that there are Americans who make about $30,000 a year who have no coverage or coverage that if they ever need major surgery will be deemed incomplete coverage - these are the people who vote against free medical - based on what logic? There is absolutely no good reason for any of the middle class to vote against a free medical system - the ONLY people who have a problem with it would be big business - who make a profit on their employees dying.

I suppose small businesses might have some issues but I looked at the proposal and it seems to me it would benefit most small business financially - and may help them not lose employees over a lack of care offered.

I think the main issue is that people get into black and white debates - Capitalism good - socialism bad - free healthcare is socialism therefore healthcare bad - I am picturing neanderthal man with a club. Of course the typical voter against doesn't believe in Neanderthal man - the bones are just a test of faith.

But hey it's up to the American public - I just wish an independent non propagandist well respected team on both right and left in the states would clearly and fairly conduct a report in easy to understand factual points about what it's all about. I think Moore was more right than he was wrong but he tends to take the best examples of things - granted he is using hyperbole to make the point and to be entertaining but unfortunately if you have a film of 100 facts and he is wrong about just ONE of them the detractors will throw out the other 99 even if they are 100% correct.

The treatment of firefighters and those who helped on 9/11 was also a pathetic act by their government.

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