Comments on: Think Michael Moore will contribute? Don’t hold your breath.

By: Frank USA

Frank USA — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:27:51 +0000

George, you make statements about Fair and Balanced towards Phil and Fox news being sarcastic…. Picking up for Sicko which is such a credible Docuumentary..thats funny.

By: BoruJudasDedrich

BoruJudasDedrich — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:30:20 +0000

Lots of political events has happened since Friday.

Why doesn’t PD cover them?

By: Jerome C. Borden

Jerome C. Borden — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:40:30 +0000

There is another alternative: Actually reform Health Care. Lots of products, especially electronics now cost about 10% of what they did two decades ago. But, “Medicine” keeps going up. Why? Well, AMA allows no competition and uses the FDA to club it like a baby seal. In Japan, it is different.

Japanese primary care doctors get trained in about four to six years. These folks do about 90% of the work. Most drugs are non-prescription but drug abusers are treated harshly; just ask John Lennon. Most medicine is paid for in cash, not insurance. The insurance is reserved for the really big problems and advanced care is available. Result is that a Toyota’s health care cost was less than $700 per car while it was over $2200 for a Cheverolet as of about twelve years ago. Who knows what it is now?

By: george schumer

george schumer — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:33:19 +0000

Well, that was a fair and balanced argument, just like Fox News

By: Phillip McCracken

Phillip McCracken — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:29:25 +0000

http://www.american.com/archive/2007/august-0807/more-fudged-michael-moore-numbers
arco407ds,
Since you seem to be a fan of facts, try those. It was a flop.
As for your assertion that the rest of my argument is flawed or false, you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into on that one. I know a thing or two about health policy. But please, bring it on.
Phil

By: Troy La Mana

Troy La Mana — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:29:15 +0000

Fictional films usually do well enough the first week. How long it does that well is telling.

Once you pick apart Moore’s films you realize how politically bias he really is.

By: arco407ds

arco407ds — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:44:33 +0000

sicko wasn’t anything near a flop…it had the second highest opening weekend for a documentary after Fahrenheit 9/11. Check your facts, Phil — and that doesn’t even cover your laughable argument.

By: Troy La Mana

Troy La Mana — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:02:50 +0000

This is where Health Savings Accounts would come in handy.

You can even do this yourself without government red tape.

Take all that money you were paying into your HMO/PPO and put it in an interest savings account.

If you are like me you don’t really use your health plan very often. When you do need care you pay for it yourself and you see the doctor you want to see without need to pay on doctor to get a referral to see another.