Michael Moore on Health Care and "Sicko"

At a press conference on June 12, 2007, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore and California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) discussed Sacramento's first-in-the-nation premiere of Moore's latest documentary, "Sicko," a film that exposes the flaws of the for-profit health care industry. They also discussed the various health care bills presently under consideration in California, including the Speaker's AB 8 and Senate Sheila Kuehl's SB 840.

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[edwardo1234]

your a hero michael moore

keep going with this healthcare!

[SechyoolarYOOESAY]

Hmmm....if you can't afford the $20,000 ambulance bill, you don't get it. The free market cannot dominate the healthcare industry. There are places in our democracy where we don't need to capitalize on our citizens and health is one of those. 

The "deadbeats" you speak of are growing increasingly more middle class. The cost of healthcare is ruining small businesses who try to provide for their employees.

Do you think that good health is only a privilege of the wealthy?

[nazgulero]

@junkys200 Way to go, right to the point. This whole idea that rich people are rich by birth, and somehow owe it to poor people to pay their bills, is so medieval. Nobody gets money for free. My girlfriend is a doctor, and she works on average 60 to 70 hours a week. She is responsible for the life or death of others. What keeps anybody from becoming a doctor ? You want to do it, do it. Or become anything, in any profession, where you can make lots of money.

[junkys200]

"YooSay" The answer to your question is yes, the CEOs of AIG work significantly harder than the people at McDonalds. My job position allows me interact with countless CEOs of major corporations across the country. Their work schedule is on average 6 days per week 14 hrs a day. Their job does not stop when they leave the office, their responsibility follows them home, on vacations and everywhere they go. As an employee at McDonalds their responsibility stops upon punching their time clock.

[Jdigeon]

they need to change the system here. for the 1st power in the world, its a shame to have a healthcare system that' s ineffective. As SechyoolarYOOESAY said, obtaining healthcare is a basic necessity such as eating, sleeping. Unfortunately, many people here think it is a commodity and this kind of thinking has to stop!!

[KyndestKid]

The wonders of the patriot act... Michae Moore is a patriot who acts!

[SechyoolarYOOESAY]

Hammock -

Explain to me why you think only the wealthy should have access to quality healthcare...I want to hear your ideas....

[SechyoolarYOOESAY]

Um....am I debating their level of education?  No. I was arguing on the basis of how hard the individual workers work. CEOs can enjoy their AC, luxurious offices, but the crop-picker ultimately works harder than most any CEO in the hot fields.

Think about this....If everyone were educated to the same level, who would fill the McDonald's and farm jobs? Nobody..they contribute to society just as much as the CEO or any other worker for that matter

[HammockTimeNow]

Liitle one, the CEOs & other top execs have been educated and have worked to achieve. Albeit, some of them made some bad biz decisions, but they should earn more than the field workerrs.The field workers are NOT educated...

[SechyoolarYOOESAY]

LOL congrats u know how to spell job.....something tells me you are a Palin fan, am I wrong? You remind me of the hard conservative moron who believes everything he sees on Fox News.

Excuse me, but do you think the CEO of AIG or any other company works harder than the 12 hour shift at McDonald's? Do you think the CEOs work harder than the minorities picking in the fields all day for minimum wage? FUCK NO

In the end, we need people to do BOTH jobs to contribute to society.

[CircusMaximus09]

When you actually get a J-O-B and make a living, perhaps, and that's a stretch, you will understand the importance of being self-responsible. It is not "greed" to get the best education you can get, the best J-O-B you can get and the best earnings you can get.

[SechyoolarYOOESAY]

This i believe, is the problem in the end....GREED. The world has enough resources to house every person on the planet, yet we think of how much it will cost us....YOU CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS therefore money is not relevant to living a good life. Once we realize all of us have common hopes and dreams, we can prosper TOGETHER and end this stupid income-based class society we live in...