To put it in bluntly, the health system here in the US sucks, it's rated 44th world, we don't live nearly as long as many other people of other nations do, our birth rate is or was 17th. It's the same as th poverty issue, they go hand & hand.
An unhealthy & an undereducated society will tolerate being taken advantage of, as we are.
The rich start a war & the poor, undereducated, youngsters go off to fight it for chump change & medical coverage & a chance to get a paid for education. If they're lucky they come home & get to fight again to get coverage for medical for disabilities sustained in battle, which means that they're a bit pre-occupied to collect on their college promises.
Folks work a job for the medical coverage now instead of the pay or other benifits. Bush thinks it's "uniquely American" that an elderly woman worked 3 jobs to get by & laughs & asks her if she gets any sleep, ignorant jerk! It's a crying matter, it's revolting that this nation's people are held hostage by it's education & health systems. It's always been this way for the poor but now it's overtaking the middle classes too & it's become to big of a problem now to just sweep under the rug. That's a lot of bodies to bury unnoticed, hopefully this will give the public the short in the ass that they need to demand something better. The California Nurses Assoc. are taking "Sicko" & Michael on the road with them on a nation wide tour to give 3000 free showing of the film, they claim that the movie is only showing the "G" rate version of the problem & that what we're seeing in the film is less than typical, that it's a hell of a lot worst.
I just found out that I'm not even covered for an eye exam & I'm covered by Blue Cross & Medicare, & I pay through the nose for both, they won't even look at my bloody nose for Christ sake & after bleeding me too.

Barry