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Quote from: sandman on July 15, 2007, 05:08:03 PM
but remember, our government has the responsibility of regulating all insurance companies. and how's that process working out? not good. in fact, it's a joke. practically a scam.
This, I think, leads to THE major problem, which is the influence of lobbyists and money on our policies. I agree that it's not working. Why? The insurance lobby is powerful! Very powerful!
But lobbyists do not have the power to overcome the most potent lobbyist, which is public opinion. Tobacco is rich and powerful, but eventually something was done against them. Detroit and the medical industry seem to be on the losing side (note: they haven't LOST, but public opinion is shifting) with turning toward more progressive and societally conscious policies. Both can count on the fact that, the next time a Dem is elected President, and especially so if they control the Congress, there will be some major moves to fix problems with those industries. Hell, even the GOP is doing lip-service to these issues (esp. the environment).
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An Open Letter to CNN from Michael Moore
P.S. If you also want to apologize for not doing your job at the start of the Iraq War, I'm sure most Americans would be very happy to accept your apology. You and the other networks were willing partners with Bush, flying flags all over the TV screens and never asking the hard questions that you should have asked. You might have prevented a war. You might have saved the lives of those 3,610 soldiers who are no longer with us. Instead, you blew air kisses at a commander in chief who clearly was making it all up. Millions of us knew that -- why didn't you? I think you did. And, in my opinion, that makes you responsible for this war. Instead of doing the job the founding fathers wanted you to do -- keeping those in power honest (that's why they made it the FIRST amendment) -- you and much of the media went on the attack against the few public figures like myself who dared to question the nightmare we were about to enter. You've never thanked me or the Dixie Chicks or Al Gore for doing your job for you. That's OK. Just tell the truth from this point on.
He shouldn't have put this in. It cheapens the whole thing, and alienates people who don't like MM because of his other films.
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Re: 'Sicko' Shows Michael Moore's Maturity as a Filmmaker
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Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:07:45 AM
In the end, Moore writes a $12,000.00 check to the man who maintains the largest anti-Michael Moore Website in America. It seems the man?s wife is gravely ill, and he had to choose between her health and his anti-Moore Website. He chose his wife.
Michael Moore said that didn?t seem fair or right, and then anonymously gave him the funds to get that anti-Michael Moore Website back on the air.
Top that.
did this really happen? how is it anonymous if this writer knows about it?
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Quote from: freedom78 on July 16, 2007, 11:44:42 AM
Quote from: sandman on July 15, 2007, 05:08:03 PM
but remember, our government has the responsibility of regulating all insurance companies. and how's that process working out? not good. in fact, it's a joke. practically a scam.
This, I think, leads to THE major problem, which is the influence of lobbyists and money on our policies.? I agree that it's not working.? Why?? The insurance lobby is powerful!? Very powerful!?
that's part of the problem, but its deeper than that. the insurance industry is very heavily regulated. the laws are in place. and each state has an Insurance Department to audit, monitor, and oversee the actions of insurance companies. but as is usually the case, once politics are involved, things get kinda shady. these departments are poorly run, with little accountability. as a result, oversight is limited and the tax-paying public suffers as a result.
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Quote from: sandman on July 16, 2007, 01:04:33 PM
Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:07:45 AM
In the end, Moore writes a $12,000.00 check to the man who maintains the largest anti-Michael Moore Website in America. It seems the man?s wife is gravely ill, and he had to choose between her health and his anti-Moore Website. He chose his wife.
Michael Moore said that didn?t seem fair or right, and then anonymously gave him the funds to get that anti-Michael Moore Website back on the air.
Top that.
did this really happen? how is it anonymous if this writer knows about it?
What the writer doesn't mention is that (I've heard) this is actually IN the movie! SO...it was an anonymous donation...until the movie came out.
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it IS in the movie
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Quote from: Lisa on July 16, 2007, 05:21:29 PM
it IS in the movie
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, Moore writes a $12,000.00 check to the man who maintains the largest anti-Michael Moore Website in America.
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Quote from: Lisa on July 16, 2007, 05:21:29 PM
it IS in the movie
Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:07:45 AM
In the end
, Moore writes a $12,000.00 check to the man who maintains the largest anti-Michael Moore Website in America.
You know, I read that, but in a completely different way. Instead of "in the end" as in "at the end of the film" I read it as more of a transition...like "at the end of the day," this is what MM is doing.
Brainfart.
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Re: 'Sicko' Shows Michael Moore's Maturity as a Filmmaker
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Quote from: freedom78 on July 17, 2007, 12:20:07 AM
Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:48:25 PM
Quote from: Lisa on July 16, 2007, 05:21:29 PM
it IS in the movie
Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:07:45 AM
In the end
, Moore writes a $12,000.00 check to the man who maintains the largest anti-Michael Moore Website in America.
You know, I read that, but in a completely different way.? Instead of "in the end" as in "at the end of the film" I read it as more of a transition...like "at the end of the day," this is what MM is doing.?
Brainfart.?
i read it the same way. didn't seem like he meant "in the end of the movie." but what really threw me off was his "anonymous" comment in the next line. how is it "anonymous" if it's in a movie. i think it's blatently obvious that it's a publicity stunt.
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Re: 'Sicko' Shows Michael Moore's Maturity as a Filmmaker
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Quote from: sandman on July 17, 2007, 07:46:50 AM
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Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:48:25 PM
Quote from: Lisa on July 16, 2007, 05:21:29 PM
it IS in the movie
Quote from: Pharmo on July 16, 2007, 11:07:45 AM
In the end
, Moore writes a $12,000.00 check to the man who maintains the largest anti-Michael Moore Website in America.
You know, I read that, but in a completely different way. Instead of "in the end" as in "at the end of the film" I read it as more of a transition...like "at the end of the day," this is what MM is doing.
Brainfart.
i read it the same way. didn't seem like he meant "in the end of the movie." but what really threw me off was his "anonymous" comment in the next line. how is it "anonymous" if it's in a movie. i think it's blatently obvious that it's a publicity stunt.
Certainly a publicity stunt, though I'm sure the guy who can pay his medical bills isn't complaining too much.
I'm still waiting for my publicity stunt to arrive in the mail.
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Sandman, you going to see the movie?
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Quote from: Pharmo on July 17, 2007, 12:39:27 PM
Sandman, you going to see the movie?
yes, i'm gonna check it out. not in the theater though. i rarely get out to the movies - 4 times this year, but before that i had gone about 4 years without going. i put it in my online queue to be sent when released on dvd.
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Quote from: Pharmo on July 17, 2007, 12:39:27 PM
Sandman, you going to see the movie?
yes, i'm gonna check it out. not in the theater though. i rarely get out to the movies - 4 times this year, but before that i had gone about 4 years without going. i put it in my online queue to be sent when released on dvd.
friend of mine at work saw it, movie sounds amazing. was going to wait for DVD but not sure if i will now.
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it's funny, the work i'm involved with right now is so relevant to this discussion. i provide consulting services for the state insurance departments, and am currently doing a claim review at a health insurer. i am seeing first hand evidence of a health insurer denying valid claims. as claims came in, they would review policyholders medical history to find conditions that existed before the policy began, but were not listed on the application. then they would deny them.
based on the results of my team's review, they will have to pay a fine and reimburse a large number of claims they previously denied. inexplainably, the laws prohibiting this practice are sketchy at best. the system does not penalize insurers severely enough to fully prevent it.
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Quote from: sandman on July 17, 2007, 11:20:32 PM
the system does not penalize insurers severely enough to fully prevent it.
I have a feeling that even if they did, they would simply consider it the cost of doing business, and make the money up somewhere else.
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Gough Whitlam was the Australian Prime Minister responsible for creating the best Health Care System in the world.
It is only in the last decade that the current government has been able to diminish its impact. The laws regarding the health system were really well considered and written.
Uncle Gough was dismissed under controversial circumstances in 1975. Read about it below.
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/trails_politicsgovt.html
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Here's some of the shoots that didn't make the movie, a part about Norway. Yes it's very glamored
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ0B2xDzSgg
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