Now, the heavy-handed style Michael Moore chooses for making his documentaries grates on me a bit, but he often presents fantastic information, and well researched information. Some people question correlations he draws, and just who it is he picks to interview, and certainly his work is incredibly biased and leading, but for him: that’s the idea. Sicko, his most recent documentary is centered on the problems of the health industry in the U.S. of A. It can be seen via google video for the time being:
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Another episode of PBS’ Frontline, this one from earlier in 2008, focusing on health care in other capitalist nations around the world. It is interesting to see how other countries have handled “the problem,” especially in light of the political talk surrounding the topic this year. The most striking part for me is part of the summary at the end of the program: after having looked at these various systems, the presenter points out that the U.S. of A actually has 3 concurrent programs (catering to distinct parts of our population) which are closely analogous to systems that other countries have chosen to use for all. How much of our problem could be a result of this fragmentation?
A quick rundown of the topics covered in the program is available on the frontline site, here.
the complete episode can be seen here.
