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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Do us a favor and watch the film first and the post may make more sense to you. The film has nothing to do with the people without insurance but rather, those that do. The film is a propaganda tool and disingenously presented but it has a point that at it's core is very true of a endemically sick system even for those who are insured.
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I have not watched the film, and I probably won't. However, you said
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The main problem is that the U.S. system is so broken and the lack of proper medical treatment is so historically engrained that there has been no preventative treatment and there are many, many, many more chronically sick people who were just never able to get help...
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That is simply not true. There are tons of preventative medical treatments and tests done for Americans
with and without health insurance.
I won't argue that the American insurance system, and health care adminstration associated with it, is flawed, but it has good points, just as the Canadian system has good points. It has bad points, just as your system does. If I were to choose what the US has now, as opposed to a Universal Heath Care System, I would stick with what we have in the US. Having been a heavy user of the system for the last 7 years I can definitely say I am glad I had the insurance coverage I did, provided by my employer. I am also grateful I could choose to go where I wanted to go for the treatment I needed. I have no doubt I am alive today for that reason.