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I saw it and thought it was pure propaganda. Socialized medicine is hardly the answer to our nation's medical problems. I have friends in the UK, and the level of health-care is so poor that they buy private, auxiliary insurance to supplement their "free" coverage. Our government already has way too much power in our lives, I sure don't want them controlling health care, too. Why don't they start by fixing the educational system?
If the government should be involved in anything it should be involved in affordable health treatments. The medical field is most over inflated business of all. Why is it that the government is involved in how much utility companies can charge but not with medical health. I can afford to pay my utility bills but I can not pay my medical bills or even afford my health insurance.
I agree that we need health care reform, but I don't believe that socialized medicine is the way to go. The insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies are a huge part of the problem, and our government actually promotes bad health because medicine is big, big business.
If the government wanted to show that they are serious about health care, they would start by doing away with the tobacco industry, specifically cigarettes. Cigarette smokers cost us all high prices for health care, yet the government continues to rake in the revenue. That's just one example. Another would be the fast food industry, one of the main causes of poor health, especially among young people. How about a ban on trans fats and high fructose corn syrup? Obesity is out of control. Cancer is out of control. Heart disease is out of control. Healthy lifestyles and basic, preventative measures are what this country needs, not socialized medicine. I try to live a healthy life, eat a healthy diet and get daily exercise. I work hard. Why should my tax dollars go to pay for all the diseases and health problems of the multitudes of people who don't even try to take care of themselves and then want free health care because they can't afford to go to the doctor?
R,W &B,
those are great points / comments....but you're actually making a case for socialized medicine and not against it.
Tanning machines should be illegal in this country, too.
Toothpicks. You can do a lot of damage with a toothpick. They should ban those too, just to be safe.
DB
In regards to the comment about obesity, you can not just blame trans fats. There are studies done where there is a high percent of obesity in members of tribes on reservations that do not have access to the fast food or trans fat foods that we have access too. A lot of it is genetics..
that's it, blame the indians...
red, white and blue...you do seem to make arguments for what you refer to as socialized medicine. The post office is "socialized" The fire dept. is "socialzed". Why is making sure people don't have to go bankrupt if they get sick socialized. Not having to worry about paying the bill and being sick seems to be humane to me. If the gov't can find the money to spend on a billion other things like going to war but can't help their own citizens there is a problem if you ask me. The "socialized" atttitude is a knee-jerk reaction to some sort of 1950's fear of communism.
Regarding the "Indians" comments, and genetic reasons for the obesity related issues, etc.,
I've read those kinds of reports and other theories, studies, etc.
Though I would not rule out genetic disposition to some portion of the issues of obesity,
the facts still remain... our body is a machine. We put calories in, we burn calories off. I don't think Indians or any other group have obesity issues because of genetics as the excuse. I think if the group or probably any other group or culture were truly studied, you'd likely find more issues tied to lifestyle, lack of exercise, what is eaten, etc. which we already know about.
We have a very fat country because over the past so many decades we have become more sedentary, and are eating more, larger portions,
more processed foods, more fats.
It's just the truth. Just look through the classrooms at the schools and you will see more kids with weight issues than 20 yeaers ago, and certainly more than 40 years ago.
We need to get more people to hold off on the Twinkies and Ding Dongs, and potato chips, and get more people having more daily activity, no matter the culture or the age...
That.... will help make the difference in these obesity related illnesses crippling our nation's health.... Not all of it,
but certainly a big part of the problem.
I grew up in a family where my parents, who were overweight, made excuses for the children, claiming they were "big boned", blah, blah.
The bones weren't the issue. It was too much ice cream and donuts,
and not enough physical activity.
Most of the kids were significantly overweight.
Both of my parents died of weight related issues. Two siblings died because of weight related issues.
Three siblings have current health issues because of obesity related issues. Big boned? I think not.
The Indians, the Hispanics, The African Americans, the Caucasions,
The Asian,the Middle Easterns....
the major issues still comes down to calories in, calories off.
Eating healthy, physical activity.
More of that would go a long way in
helping our nation's health issues.
We rented "Sicko" and believe it is worth seeing, but do not know what can be done about the issue.
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