I must admit, I am a fan of Michael Moore's movies, but like any piece of film that has editing (which is almost all films) you have to take what you see with a grain of salt. Michael made the Universal Health Care systems look absolutely amazing and edited his movie Sicko in a way that would make most Americans say, "Of course we should do that! It's perfect!" However, living close to the Canadian border, I've spoken to several Canadians about their healthcare system and every single one of them is absolutely fed up with it. In fact, they all said that it's a known fact that if you have a serious medical issue then, if possible, you should go down to the states to deal with it. This made me question Michael even more. I looked into H.R. 676, the front runner for Universal Health Care systems.
A good number of questions I had were answered with just a little bit of online research. I found the "official" site for H.R. 676 on Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Federal Information Page. One statement I've heard again and again from my Canadian friends is that it takes forever just to get something like an MRI. Sure you can get them once a year, no problem, but if something happens and you feel like you REALLY need it now; that's when you have to take a drive to the USA because otherwise you'll be hurting while you sit and wait for a slot to open up on the machine. This H.R. 676 site said something about that which makes plenty of sence. Their government, and therefore the people, don't put enough money into the plan to make it work properly; whereas, our government and our people would be putting much more into it. We'd have the same amount of money going into this universal healthcare plan as we have into healthcare right now. The only difference is that it would cut out a mess of bureaucratic red tape...in my opinion, a big difference.
I realize this blog doesn't say much, it's just me ranting on a bit about my thoughts, but I thought I'd at least post that link to the official site for those of you that have some extra questions about it like I did. I don't even know 100% that H.R. 676 is the answer that we've all been looking for. All I do know is I'm sick to death of asking the same question, "When will the Health Care Insurance companies actually start CARING about our health?" Because right now, they don't care about anything except the almighty dollar. So even though I'm not 100% sure that H.R. 676 will work, I'm definitely 100% behind giving it a try because health care in this country can't get much worse.
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