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“Sicko” is Spelled “Michael Moore”
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We should all recognize that journalism as we have known it is a lost art form whereby we came to expect unbiased and accurate reporting of the news, with most media outlets blatantly championing leftists or rightist issues. As examples, the New York Times is a disgrace with their heavy handed inaccurate liberal sympathies while Fox News would never publish any material critical of the war in Iraq or President Bush. But both of these news outlets are pikers in comparison to people like Michael Moore who produce so-called documentaries containing so many untruths that his productions are not only laughable but also dangerous as they reach many Americans ears and eyes because he manages to filter a few truths into his grotesque propaganda. His recent vile offering “Sicko” supposedly portrays the problems with healthcare in this country. All of his “documentaries” have one common thread – inaccurate reporting. This is a common practice of most liberal and leftist arguments whereby they only portray their position and never bother to find the truth. Good journalism demands that all facts be presented for consumption, but never ask the “progressives” to balance their reporting. “Sicko” presents a few valid arguments that our healthcare system demands our immediate attention. He presents the single-payer system (under government control) as the only option open to Americans. He cites the marvelous care people receive with the national healthcare systems of Britain, France, Canada and even communist Cuba, but leaves out the enormous problems inherent in these systems. Kurt Loder, a film critic of MTV News, wrote a scathing
critique of the film in which he allowed that “Sicko does a real service” in
portraying Americans who died because their insurance companies wouldn’t pay
for “experimental” treatment options. He states that the film is “breathtakingly meretricious (alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry),”
in large part because of his portrayal of other countries health systems as
the panacea for America. Mr. Loder states, “When government attempts to regulate the balance between a limited supply of health care and an unlimited supply for it, they’re inevitably forced to ration treatment.” Mr. Loder suggests a double feature with “Sicko” and “Dead Meat,” a 25-minute film that portrays the failures of the Canadian single-payer system, available at www.onthefencefilms.com. Mr. Moore conveniently omitted a few representative startling facts about single-payer systems around the world: · Cuba’s healthcare system is ranked 37th in the world (below the United States) · In Canada, over 50 percent of the budget is devoted to healthcare in many provinces · In Canada, private medical clinics are outlawed, and yet a new private clinic opens every week defying the law · In France, the taxes to pay for their single-payer system are breaking the back of the ordinary citizen (perhaps that’s why they voted a conservative into office as Prime Minister) · Of the 48 million Americans who do not have health insurance, the majority of these people are in their youth rarely requiring medical assistance. |
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