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Sicko - Health system feeds off of illness ?

Sicko - Health system feeds off of illness ? In countries that have socialized health care, there is no 'profit in disease', merely good health. Problem is that 'prevention' is the best of cures, the simplest of cures, and both US/Canadian systems, prevention is bad for those in the business of profiting in treating illness, not preventing it; the devil is in the details. Should America and Canada socialize their health systems, GM and Ford benefit would benefit from good health and reduced health care costs ? ( Canada's health care system is not socialized, merely publically funded, (half-truth) with most all services provided by the private enterprizes, including doctors who incorporate) Italy, pays its family doctors a fee per patient per year, thereby motivating the system to prevent disease, it is also ranked in the top two in the world, the USA is ranked 36th, and Canada 30th. Caesar J. B. Squitti The Jesus Christ Code. http://www.thejesuschristcode.com

Public Comments

1. Review your sources on Canadian national health care.Each province has it's own system. They all meet the definition of socialized medicine. The concept (for Canada) was born in Saskatchewan under the Premiership of Tommy Douglas who fought long and hard to bring this care to what was at that time one of the "have not" provinces. We need a similar system in the USA. Instead we have some great financial institutions acting as health "gatekeepers" and others owning "for profit" hospitals. It's "Sicko".
2. You're right on!! Think about the "profit liability" that some of them crooked docs use too: If a hospitalized patient is not getting better within the time span so called directed by administrators,it is called a profit liability,which means them quacks do NOT get their bonuses.
3. Thank you Michael Moore A Las Vegas Insurance Brokers Review of the Movie SICKO While Michael Moore does do one thing well with his recent box office release of SICKO - he brings attention to the American healthcare system. However, he simply falls down with regards to how well the system works for the majority of Americans. He also fails to mention the other side of socialized "single payer" medicine; in 2006 Britain's Department of Health reported that at any given time, nearly 900,000 Britons are waiting for admission to National Health Service hospitals, and shortages force the cancellation of more than 50,000 operations each year. In Sweden, the wait for heart surgery can be as long as 25 weeks, and the average wait for hip replacement surgery is more than a year. Canada is not immune to the issues either - in a March 2006 interview with Dr Brian Day, President of the Canadian Medical Association, he states "the Supreme Court stated that Canadians are suffering and dying on wait lists and that governments across the country have shown inertia in dealing with the plight of patients...... ....and they struck down the segments of the Quebec health law that outlawed private insurance for medically necessary services" so even Canada is looking toward private insurance as a solution to their issues. There is a real problem with the uninsured in America, and as a Health Insurance Broker, I talk to my clients about how they as employers, myself as a broker and the health insurance carriers have a responsibility to get these people insured through innovative group and individual products. We have a large pool of healthy Americans who are not insured, we need them to step up and become part of the solution. In addition, we Americans need to take responsibility for our own health. A significant portion of medical claims are directly related to the American lifestyle (we as Americans have the resources to become fat and lazy). I feel that through employer sponsored wellness, consumerism and disease management programs we can continue down the road of a "healthy America". Result: a reduction of the large claims that have our healthcare spending spiraling out of control. Bottom line; Thank you Michael Moore for focusing Americans attention on a real problem - HealthCare, maybe your next film should be on the "American Lifestyle Crisis" - perhaps called "Glutton for Punishment". Rick Knox - Vice President of Knox Associates, LLC - a Las Vegas based employee benefits brokerage.