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Author: sirblob2sirblob2 Date: May 20, 2007 21:49
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2084382,00.html
Oh yes, he's got an agenda
Michael Moore's new film about the US healthcare system must be seen
in Europe as well as the US
Agnès Poirier
Monday May 21, 2007
The Guardian
The big guy with a baseball cap knows his stuff. He has a point to
make and he makes it efficiently and amusingly. In the past his
targets were General Motors ruining Flint, Michigan; the gun lobby as
the culprit for America's crime culture; the lies behind the Iraq war.
He's back with a vengeance with Sicko, premiered at the Cannes film
festival on Saturday. His question: what has happened to the idea of
universal healthcare in the United States?
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Author: M J CarleyM J Carley Date: May 21, 2007 04:00
In the referenced article, Alric Knebel cableone.net]> writes:
>If it was that much of a disaster, because the UK is a democracy, the
>people would vote it out. Whatever its problems are (and all systems
>have problems), they can't be serious enough to anger the electorate
>to a point that they're willing to scrap it.
They (we) wouldn't actually: the two major parties are pretty much
agreed on dismembering the NHS. Whatever its benefits, and it has
many, it is turning into a disastrous mess through the introduction of
private sector `management' and the Private Finance Initiative.
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rompe l'orologio e invece di presentarsi alle nove si presenta alle
nove meno cinque. Il cialtrone rompe l'orologio e si alza alle undici.
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Author: MilanMilan Date: May 21, 2007 05:00
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Author: MilanMilan Date: May 21, 2007 05:15
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Author: Paul IlechkoPaul Ilechko Date: May 21, 2007 05:57
> I'd like to hear from people who actually use the NHS - and even
> better, from people who've been treated in both the U.K. and the USA.
>
If you have plenty of money, the private system in the US is better, as
you can get whatever you need immediately. If you don't have money, the
UK system sucks, but in the USA you die.
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Author: stevesteve Date: May 21, 2007 06:50
On 21-May-2007, smacked up and reeling, sirblob2@ hotmail.com blindly
formulated
the following incoherence:
> Michael Moore's new film about the US healthcare system must be seen
> in Europe as well as the US
"If you think health care is expensive now, just wait till you see what it
costs when it
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: May 21, 2007 12:23
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2084382,00.html
>
> Oh yes, he's got an agenda
>
> Michael Moore's new film about the US healthcare system must be seen
> in Europe as well as the US
>
> Agnès Poirier
> Monday May 21, 2007
> The Guardian
>
> The big guy with a baseball cap knows his stuff. He has a point to
> make and he makes it efficiently and amusingly. In the past his
> targets were General Motors ruining Flint, Michigan; the gun lobby as
> the culprit for America's crime culture; the lies behind the Iraq war.
> He's back with a vengeance with Sicko, premiered at the Cannes film
> festival on Saturday. His question: what has happened to the idea of
> universal healthcare in the United States?
> ...
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Author: ThumperThumper Date: May 21, 2007 13:12
On 21 May 2007 00:27:25 -0700, MrBuddwing@ aol.com wrote:
>> Agnès Poirier
>> Monday May 21, 2007
>> The Guardian
>>
>> Act three: Moore pays these regimes a visit. Britain's NHS is paid a
>> well deserved tribute, with Tony Benn appearing as the country's
>> conscience.
>
>Is the NHS as wonderful as all that? What about the reports of people
>waiting months and months for elective treatments? Is the enlightened
>view that the NHS may not be perfect, but it's a lot better than the
>U.S. health system?
>
>I'd like to hear from people who actually use the NHS - and even
>better, from people who've been treated in both the U.K. and the USA.
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Author: ThumperThumper Date: May 21, 2007 13:15
On Mon, 21 May 2007 10:23:59 +0100, "Milan" yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Agnès Poirier
>> Monday May 21, 2007
>> The...
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Author: rick++rick++ Date: May 22, 2007 13:45
Like shooting dukes in a barel,
with a bazooka.
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