"Sicko," Moore's dissection of the health care system, promises to be another hilarious documentary romp, based on excerpts he showed Friday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.During a two-hour appearance, Moore discussed his career as a counterculture journalist, provocative filmmaker and liberal standard-bearer, and he played three clips from "Sicko," which he said would be in theaters next June.
The segments presented stories of personal health care nightmares, including that of a woman denied payment for an ambulance ride after a head-on collision because it was not preapproved.
"They try to find every way they can to deny it to you or not sell it to you," he told a packed theater. "Or they try to find anyway they can not to pay the bill."
The "Sicko" excerpts also included a segment comparing Canada's public health care to the privatized system in the United States, concluding that Canadians have more equitable access to medical services.
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Wonder if the part about Ca... (Below threshold)1. Posted by JohnAnnArbor | September 11, 2006 11:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wonder if the part about Canada will include the months-long waiting lists for basic procesdures, the years-long ones for more complex ones, and the fact that American hospitals on the Canadian border have lots o' Canadian patients paying top dollar for what is supposedly free in their own nation.
1. Posted by JohnAnnArbor | September 11, 2006 11:37 AM |
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Posted on September 11, 2006 11:37
2. Posted by MunDane | September 11, 2006 1:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Preapproved ambulance ride? That's a good one.
But Mikey, don't forget to talk about how Canadian healthcare also will deny procedures when you are too old, when your problem has no clear solution (like autism or lupus), or when you want alternatives to the standard treatment.
Huh? Oh, right, silly me. That makes the American system look better. My bad, Mike. Here, have another Krispy Kreme.
2. Posted by MunDane | September 11, 2006 1:24 PM |
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Posted on September 11, 2006 13:24
3. Posted by meq | September 11, 2006 1:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, lets be resonable. Canadians live longer. You fucking dumb ass shit face.
3. Posted by meq | September 11, 2006 1:26 PM |
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Posted on September 11, 2006 13:26
4. Posted by MunDane | September 11, 2006 4:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ooo, nice!
4. Posted by MunDane | September 11, 2006 4:37 PM |
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Posted on September 11, 2006 16:37
5. Posted by Mitchell | September 11, 2006 10:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They might live longer, on average, but they still have to live in Canada, instead of the U.S., which not only has the greatest quality and quantity of health care in the world, but is also the best opportunities in other areas.
You can live longer, but you're still a miserable schmuck who has to wait 6 months for a gall bladder operation, etc.
5. Posted by Mitchell | September 11, 2006 10:33 PM |
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Posted on September 11, 2006 22:33
6. Posted by snowballs | September 12, 2006 2:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, lets be resonable.. ..You fucking dumb ass shit face.
That's the funniest thing I've read in months...
6. Posted by snowballs | September 12, 2006 2:09 PM |
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Posted on September 12, 2006 14:09