Had I watched Michael Moore's SiCKO before blogging yesterday, I would have told Chou Chou's doll Mommy Make Me Better that she had a high fever. Little Chou would have been raced by ambulance to the nearest hospital where Mom is told she has an infection and needs medicine, but that the hospital couldn't treat her because her insurance was Kaiser and Kaiser wasn't approving treatment at a Non-Kaiser hospital. While Chou's temperature reached brain-damage levels, and following a screaming match between doctors and Mom, urging them to just treat the child, a second firm denial would have been uttered and security called. Mom and Chou would be 'escorted' to the parking lot. Baby Chou dies after going into cardiac arrest at Kaiser, miles across town. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. It's a statement about health care in our country.
If you haven't seen Michael Moore's SiCKO, do yourself a favor and rent it. You don't have to like Moore to appreciate his perspective, insight, and style of film making. Stories abound about people (people you and I know) who haven't fallen into the cracks but were jammed there by poor decision making, delayed care, and a greedy health care system that cares for nothing but its ability to make a buck.
If you haven't seen Michael Moore's SiCKO, do yourself a favor and rent it. You don't have to like Moore to appreciate his perspective, insight, and style of film making. Stories abound about people (people you and I know) who haven't fallen into the cracks but were jammed there by poor decision making, delayed care, and a greedy health care system that cares for nothing but its ability to make a buck.
It's sad, and it's sick.
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I saw this one and spent most of the film nodding in agreement or cursing and throwing things at the screen. I have way too much first hand experience with the medical bozos to be objective on the topic. Grrrrr...
There's another great documentary out about the "business" of having babies. I'll have to look up the title for you and pass it on. I hear it's a good one.
I enjoy watching Moore in action. As a side note, I applied for privileged admission at the Moore-hating website and to date have not been approved. The site is full of expletives and attacks which make any legitimate arguments these guys might have a forgettable joke.
If they haven't visited a hospital lately, had a test denied, been shunted off to a clinic, or haven't received bogus advice from a doctor then they are *not* in the know. Should I mention the doctor in NY who told me some of my physical conditions have been 'proven' to be all in my head? I have no sympathy for egotistical dummies with big mouths.
Do get me the name of that documentary; I'd love to see it.
-Shira
Shira,
I will put that on my list to watch. I also have experience in that area, as does a friend who almost died from an anti-biotic resistant flesh disease that her insurance only provided lancing and no meds or blood work. Thanks to you, I patched her through the red tape to the head of Cal Pacific Infectious Disease through a D referral....and she was treated quickly. Shew!
Susie.
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