Just Watched SiCKO

I feel disgusted after watching that. Not because of blood or anything like that, but because of the stories.  These were stories of US citizens.  

Some fun facts that I learned about the US health care system:
- People in insurance companies get bonuses for denying claims.  The more people you deny, the more you get.
- Hospitals dump patients out on the road if they can't pay their bills
- Hillary Clinton was the herald of universal health care, but is now paid by health insurance lobbists (she's the second highest in bought-off politicians).  I guess everyone has their price.
- Lobbyist have bought off many politicians, including PRESIDENT BUSH (more than $800,000)
- People who are insured by a certain health insurance company can be turned away by hospitals, even if they need immediate care.

Now here are some fun facts about foreign countries, that have universal health care:
Cuba/ "Those Dirty Commies"
- Has a pharmacy close to each block and has a nearby hospital.
- Some drugs that cost $125 in the US can cost as little as 3.25 pesos (about $.05).
France/ "Those Dirty Frenchies"
- You have unlimited sick days;  their productivity rates are higher than those of Americans.
- Doctors make house calls frequently, and the assistance is within the hour.
The United Kindom / Great Britian /  "Those Dirty Englishmen"
- You don't pay for prescriptions if you are under 16 or retired;  Those in between pay about 6-7 pounds for any medication.  That's about $10-14 in the US.
- Doctors in the UK live fairly well off (one such doctor in the UK lives in a half a million dollar home, and drives a very nice Audi)
- Doctors are paid more for curing their patients, as well as getting them to quit smoking, lowering their blood pressure, and lowering their cholesterol.
- National Health Insurance (NHS) was started in 1948, while they were still recovering from WWII. If you studied history, that's comparable to 9/11 happening 50 times over.
Canada/ "Those Canadians" ("dirty" is obviously implied  for us Americans)
- Many Americans are going to our northern neighbor to receive free health care . This is illegal however, because you need to be a Canadian citizen to do this.

With the exclusion of Cuba, all these countries just mentioned have a higher monetary value than the dollar.  In other words, their pound/Euro/dollar is worth more than our dollar.

Also, all of these countries, INCLUDING CUBA, have higher life expectancy rates than Americans.

So, what does that say about our health "care" system? It's that we're 37th in health care, just beating some Slavic country.

To those of you who say this "socialistic" idea is bad, what about our firemen? our policemen? our mailmen? our teachers?  If we all have the right to have someone to protect us, to deliver things to us, and to teach us, why can we have someone to heal us?