Sicko, by Michael Moore

This movie really resonated. Points to remember:

• People are easier to Govern when that low confidence are uneducated and unhealthy, they don't think let alone challenge.
  
• What kind of democracy is this?
  
• Some things are good in the private sector and some things are not. We should never forget or change this.
• I don't agree with Moore's solution , but something needs to be done. the Singapore model seems good or even the France system with compulsory insurance with premiums based on percentage of income
• The comparisons to Cube are very interesting, obviously only part of the story, and obviously a bit of properganda on Cuba's part, but still interesting.
• The choices over which finger to save one for $12,000 and one for $60,000, without medical advancement neither finger would have been savable, so now we can save both, who should pay and how should they pay?
  
• The way the insurance works seems close to criminal. The risk based insurance model just does not work well.
  

Additional Thoughts

UK vs US
UK government actually spends less per person than the US government on health care (from page 123 of the book - Undercover Economist by Tim Harford). Yep the UK gets free health care for everyone for less US Government spends on health care administration and Medicare programs for the few.

Democracies and the Vote to change things
To Tony Ben's point about the Vote, In Australia it is compulsory to vote. You can spoil the ballot if you feel particularly angry that your right not to vote has been infringed, but you must attend the poling station and vote (or face a fine). This means that the vast majority of people vote and generally take a greater interest in what the government is doing that the US. What would happen to political leaders in the US if everyone had to vote? Would it help if leaders could not ignore the poor that they know won't vote anyway under the current system?

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