Comments on: Moore’s Sicko http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/ Liberal, Green and Fair Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:18:32 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/#comment-34716 Gav Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:26:05 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/#comment-34716 Alan, I don't disagree with anything in that CNN video (and MM makes himself seem like a crank). I think it is to the UK's credit that we allow a private healthcare system to run alongside. If you can afford to pay then you should be able to get that treatment in better quality surroundings etc. But if you cannot afford to pay, it is humane and just that there is some provision made available by everyone else. I would strongly encourage a competitive market in the NHS in a way that is not currently available anywhere in the world. In fact, I shall cover that suggestion in a separate <a href="http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/18/an-nhs-alternative/" rel="nofollow">blog post</a>. Alan, I don’t disagree with anything in that CNN video (and MM makes himself seem like a crank). I think it is to the UK’s credit that we allow a private healthcare system to run alongside. If you can afford to pay then you should be able to get that treatment in better quality surroundings etc.

But if you cannot afford to pay, it is humane and just that there is some provision made available by everyone else.

I would strongly encourage a competitive market in the NHS in a way that is not currently available anywhere in the world. In fact, I shall cover that suggestion in a separate blog post.

]]> By: Devil's Kitchen http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/#comment-34621 Devil's Kitchen Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:43:34 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/#comment-34621 I have not had the misfortune to see this film yet and, given what lying, distorted loads of old turds his previous films were, I have little desire to do so. However, having read several reviews of the film, I would like to raise a couple of points. First, you aren't going to start trotting out the line about how Cuba has the best medical system in the world, are you? And second, the NHS may be more "humane", but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I can now count two friends of mine who got treated for cancer in the US: if they had been on an NHS cancer waiting list, they would be dead. DK I have not had the misfortune to see this film yet and, given what lying, distorted loads of old turds his previous films were, I have little desire to do so.

However, having read several reviews of the film, I would like to raise a couple of points. First, you aren’t going to start trotting out the line about how Cuba has the best medical system in the world, are you?

And second, the NHS may be more “humane”, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I can now count two friends of mine who got treated for cancer in the US: if they had been on an NHS cancer waiting list, they would be dead.

DK

]]> By: Alan http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/#comment-34593 Alan Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:33:45 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2008/01/15/moores-sicko/#comment-34593 So what do you think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpKoN40K7mA ? So what do you think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpKoN40K7mA
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