sick transit gloria america

recovering from his suicide bomber role in Team America, Michael Moore has resumed his crusading duties and examines and skewers the American health system in his new docu, Sicko. and man, does it hurt (pun intended).

blowing the lid off the shenanigans of health care and insurance companies, Moore wants each and every American (whether they have insurance or not) to know that the US health care system is broken and must be fixed asap. these greedy fucks' sole enterprise is to make money, not make you better, so its scary to think that you are signing money away to them with no real assurance that you'll be getting the proper medical care you need. and if you don't have insurance, you're screwed too. damned if you do, damned if you don't.



and to twist the knife in further, countries that the US keep dissing - like France, their friendly neighbor Canada (who had absolutely no gun problems as per Bowling for Columbine, and - tada! - Cuba) - takes better care of their citizens. you'd be surprised at the cost and width and breadth of what the French, Canadians, Brits and Cubans get in terms of health care. and since docs work for the guvmint, they don't need to feel slave-driven and worry about their next meal. they should only be worried about personal relationships ala Grey's Anatomy (or maybe they don't have those hangups too).

sure, Moore manipulates things to his advantage and you get the feeling he dumbs things down ... but maybe that's what the (thick-headed) common man needs. the common folk that foreigners feel are too cowed by the powers that be, that they never muster effort to change things. seriously, they should take lessons from the French Revolution. heads must roll. this shit (IN$URANCE + LOBBYI$t$ + POLITICIAN$ = POWER) has been going on for way too long. if you're a patriotic American, i dare you not to be mad after watching this. i'm not an American and i'm enraged.

two final thoughts:
1) Moore needs to lose weight ... he was the poster kid for obesity in this movie (allegedly he already has ...)
2) i need to check immigration procedures for and a one-way ticket to France right now.

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yes, yes, after this, we'll read all the rebuttals and the takedowns. but then again, we know the American system is flawed. can we try another country's? is there any hope?