BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ALL THE BEST HOSPITALS ARE PRIVATE HOSPITALS, THAT TAKE ONLY PRIVATE INSURANCE?  

I WAS ON MEDICAID ONCE, AND GOING TO COUNTY HOSPITALS IS HORRIBLE.  IF YOU FALL ILL, YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE AFTER ALL OF THE HEROIN ADDICTS OR GANG MEMBERS THAT HAVE SHOT THEMSELVES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS.  I DO KNOW THAT I AM PAYING $200.00 A MONTH IN HEALTHCARE, AND ENDED UP STILL PAYING $130.00 FOR A VISIT TO THE PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFFICE.  I DON'T GET IT.  

As much as I dislike private hospitals, as much I also detest them because they represent an anti-social inhumane mechanism in our society.

They should simply be outlawed.

Instead we need government controlled hospitals and good ones.  Now this is a true challenge, cause we know how corrupt the government is.  But ideally this is a good solution, IMO.

The salary plan should be the same across the US, adjusted by local living costs.  Doctor's skills should be evaluated in order to evenly distribute the doctors across the countrys hospitals, adjusted by number of patients.

Right chuck! What people who are opposed to government run healthcare are missing is that at least with government run, people have the right to vote on issues since they will be paying the taxes for it. But right now, private enterprise is running everything, and they don't care what you need, they don't need your vote. And with the monopoly they have, they do not have any competition so we need their services or do without.

So whats worse,the government telling you what you can have or do, or a private monopoly telling you what you can have or do?

Private enterprise running our healthcare is a dictatorship. We have no say in their policies, who runs the company, etc.

At least we could vote out leaders not doing their job in regards to a government run healthcare(as we do in other issues)but with private industry, we take what they give or else have no other options.

Same goes for other public services. Privatizing everything would be a nightmare, a real dictatorship run by monopolies of big business. We think a dictatorship can't happen in this country? It can, only it won't be one person at the top, it will be a handful of companies doing whatever they please because we disabled our own government(by the people, for the people as we vote on)for the seductive(we'll do things better)lies of corporate America.

Our healthcare system is broken, yes, but isn't it obvious why? Right now, it is being run by private companies...logically, they are the ones failing to provide what we really need. And yet we blame the government. We are misdirecting the blame and this comes from propaganda big business puts out there year after year.

Private enterprise is out for one thing, make money, and they don't have to answer to voters.

They already do have a monopoly!

Personally, I don't want any help from the "government" with my health. As soon as they can "Help" me they will be in control of me; much like a parent telling a kid not to eat too much candy or they will get sick only i am not kid and it is my right to get sick if i want to. The unfair part is people make themselves sick then they want the "government" (thats our tax dollars)to pay for their medicine. NO WAY. The real problem with medicine started when the MOB TACTICS of Insurance companies took over our healthcare. WE need tort reform and we need to admit that it is a conflict of interest for lawyers to be law makers.

This is absolutely disgusting.  The all powerful drug/medical monster just cannot seem to keep its tenticles out of our lives.  I guess they feel we are all just walking bags of money to be manipulated and controlled.  

Upon reading this I became very angry and even had a visceral response to the point where I became ill to my stomach.  I have since been educating my patient base about this article and forwarding them to visit this website.

So Sad that the masses automatically think/believe the Lovey Govey wouldn't hurt us, they are God after all and he loves us.Right?

Ridiculous comment xemmie. Watch the film and you will see you are talking chalk and cheese (US / UK health systems).

Re the statins - the word "forced" was never used. That "they should be prescribed for all 60 y.o's" was said. That is not the same thing. In response there was a torrent of invective from a wide range of authoritative medical professionals.

You put "homeopathy" and "proper nutrition" in the same bracket? Why? What do you understand "homeopathy" to mean? Use of herbs? It isn't. Do you see the 'h' word advocated on mercola.com? No.

If you watch the film (did you?) you will see that Michael Moore carefully restricted his remit in the opening frames to make the issue a workable size. He doesn't address any of the issues that you say he should. Moore seems (to look at him) to have begun to address HIS OWN HEALTH ISSUES that stem from exactly the sort of behavioural and nutritional issues highlighted on this website but he certainly is not an advert for healthy eating / healthy living. He certainly looks at little slimmer than when he made FH911 and BFC.

This is for bagarino. Go on mercola.com and do a search with the keyword,"homeopathy." There are many articles, advocating the use of homeopathy. Do your research, dear before making comments criticising others. They will carry a lot more authority if you do. When you have something that is worthwhile to say, give it the best possible chance of being received by being as accurate as you can.

That's not true. My son has been living in Germany for almost eight years now. He is married to a German girl and they have two children. He says that health care in Germany is way better than here in the United States, Germany has socialized medicine. That is one of the primary reasons he has chose to stay in Germany with his family.

Sandralee, you haven't actually refuted anything. All that can be concluded from what you wrote is that Germany has socialized medicine and your son likes it.