I can back that up completely - I'm Born and bred in the UK - The NHS sucks! Your so right in what you say - It can't handle the demand. I recently had an operation but it was nothing major and the waiting time wasn't that bad, but...on a whole waiting times are disgraceful. I really feel for older people and people needing really important surgery. Private is definitely the way to go! But Very Very Expensive! It is swings and roundabouts though....The USA has the worst infant mortality rate, and the lowest life expectancy of any country and the worst in terms of cost and efficiency, but probably the best in terms of technology.Andy www.movieposterforum.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:38:59 -0400From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: SICKOTo: [email protected] I lived in the UK for 5 years, and my daughter was born there (in a private health facility). Frankly, the NHS is crap. The hospitals looked like “Cuckoo’s Nest-type” facilities from the 1960’s. On more than one occasion I saw streaks of blood on the floor in common areas and even piles of used, dirty, sometimes bloody rags in the corner of a public area. Anyone with a major illnesses requiring an operation will be waiting 6 months unless they have private care. The system is creaking at the seams because it can’t handle the demand…and that is with 40% income tax and an additional 17.5% VAT. NHS is good for basic immunizations and such. Other than that, we were very fortunate to have private healthcare in the UK. Douglas B. Taylor Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eyssell, Thomas H.Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:28 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: SICKO I’m not a Moore fan, but do plan to see the film. However, having lived in the UK and seen the National Health System in action, and having traveled to Cuba in the last year (and visited a Cuban healthcare facility), I’m very skeptical at any suggestion that those systems are generally superior to ours. The Cuban facility (in Havana, no less) was something of which our Cuban guide was obviously very proud. Unfortunately, it looked more like a small, underfunded charity hospital from the U.S. in the 1950s. Amazingly primitive. Nonetheless, the film (as opposed to “documentary”) is undoubtedly worth a look. Tom Eyssell From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Toochis MorinSent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 3:51 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: SICKO I went to the second LA premiere of this film and found it quite compelling. The first LA premiere was held on Skid Row and was a fund raiser for the mission. The theater was packed and the tag message at the end is quite strong.I think he did a good job at what he does best.Toochis ----- Original Message ----From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:29:14 PMSubject: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: SICKOThat wicked polemicist Michael Moore is at it again. The pre-election hysteria of FAHRENHEIT 911 will not juice up audience numbers for SICKO, but I think this may be Michael Moore's most accessible film. Certainly some of the film is over the top, but once proves that his considerable heart is in the right - or should I say LEFT - place as he looks at the U.S. medical care conundrum: the best doctors and hospitals in the world but don't count on seeing them if, as Woody Guthrie once said, "you ain't got the dough-re-mi." Kirby Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
