Michael Moore and socialized medicine

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You are so wrong it's scary.

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I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, as I am trying to learn more about this subject. But, don't other countries have socialized healthcare programs that work, by and large, pretty well? And don't these countries sometimes invent life-saving new medicines and procedures? I mean, it's not only America making advances in medicine, is it?

As for the insurance issue... many people get their health insurance through their jobs, so their choices are limited to whatever their employer has. Also, the for-profit nature of insurance leads to 150-page coverage documents written in jargon and legalese, which most people don't understand (and don't even read) until they are denied coverage for something they assumed would be covered.