My position on Michael Moore's latest movie:

(Yeah,I sound like a General)

I SAW(Contrary to some critics)Sicko,and I plan to see it

again.I verified most of Michael Moore's affirmations, mainly

on the net, and it confirmed what I already knew.

He's not a fucking liar,as some would love to categorize him,

he shows his POV(Point Of View)without corporation censorship.

Mike,I don't believe in god but:God bless you!

-Jeff

And contrary to popular belief,

There are some indisputable FACTS in

the movie.Compare that to the

psychedelic claims of the DRUGS Industry!

It just gives us another hierarchical system that is more socialistic than capitalistic, not that I am all for the capitalistic alternative because I simply am not a member of the club that gets to use it. I have not seen a doctor in twelve years, my teeth are slowly crumbling due to age, and I don't know what good a checkup would do me if I cannot afford the "treatment" to afford me a potential "cure" to whatever might be ailing me. One would hope for lots of morphine at the end, though. However, doctors are not giving much of that out and suffering is on the rise. Pain is on the upswing and a part of our future thanks to the government's hatred of certain drugs and the influence it has on a doctor's prescription of them, even unto terminal patients for whom we have no concern about the dreaded idea of substance abuse and addiction.

Right now, those with money get both choice and excellent care. Not being one of those thusly endowed, I and many that I know, get neither. So, you have to love the idea of some form of access and the removal of the idea of financial devastation that ensues, (even for the insured) from a catastrophic illness of any kind.

On the other hand, there will be new checks and balances from a socialized system. That is one where certain choices will be made when it comes to allocating the new system's resources. There will be less of the "luxuries" afforded to certain kinds of cases in today's American medicine. However, we can see that many of those cases are kept alive ONLY because they represent a large amount of profit for the heath care industry and its members. That has nothing to do with empathy, sympathy, or the implied altruism of providing the care.

While this will not be popular, there also needs to be some careful attention payed to the entire concept of health care as we know it today. There is treatment and there is cure. There is a big difference and, as we know, there is no assurance of results, recuperation, or longevity in the process. Modern medicine goes on without much of a voice that can question its methods and results. Since you get no guarantee and you pay no matter what the outcome, this is an issue to consider. What we accept in health care has very little correlation to other services where we might even get our money back if the provider of said does not yield any observable and provable results.

I stomp on sacred grounds and asked to get myself stomped on in return here, so I leave it as it stands and run for safe cover.

really cares and wants to make a difference. Not a bad goal in life to have. And Sicko was very well done.