Posted on 03/22/2010 6:34:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Filmmaker Michael Moore says all the Republicans who voted against health care can take comfort in the fact their families will be covered—and universal coverage is still a long way off.
To My Fellow Citizens, the Republicans:
Thanks to Sunday night's vote, that child of yours who has had asthma since birth will now be covered after suffering for her first nine years as an American child with a pre-existing condition.
Thanks to Sunday night's vote, that 23-year-old of yours who will be hit one day by a drunk driver and spend six months recovering in the hospital will now not go bankrupt because you will be able to keep him on your insurance policy.
Thanks to Sunday night's vote, after your cancer returns for the third time—racking up another $200,000 in costs to keep you alive—your insurance company will have to commit a criminal act if they even think of dropping you from their rolls.
Yes, my Republican friends, even though you have opposed this health-care bill, we've made sure it is going to cover you, too, in your time of need. I know you're upset right now. I know you probably think that if you did get wiped out by an illness, or thrown out of your home because of a medical bankruptcy, that you would somehow pull yourself up by your bootstraps and survive. I know that's a comforting story to tell yourself, and if John Wayne were still alive I'm sure he could make that into a movie for you.
But the reality is that these health-insurance companies have only one mission: to take as much money from you as they can—and then work like demons to deny you whatever coverage and help they can should you get sick.
So, when you find yourself suddenly broadsided by a life-threatening illness someday, perhaps you'll thank those pinko-socialist, Canadian-loving Democrats and independents for what they did Sunday evening.
If it's any consolation, the thieves who run the health-insurance companies will still get to deny coverage to adults with pre-existing conditions for the next four years. They'll also get to cap an individual's annual health-care reimbursements for the next four years. And if they break the pre-existing ban that was passed Sunday night, they'll only be fined $100 a day! And, the best part? The law will require all citizens who aren't poor or old to write a check to a private insurance company. It's truly a banner day for these corporations.
So don't feel too bad. We're a long way from universal health care. Over 15 million Americans will still be uncovered—and that means about 15,000 will still lose their lives each year because they won't be able to afford to see a doctor or get an operation. But another 30,000 will live. I hope that's OK with you.
If you don't mind, we're now going to get busy trying to improve upon this bill so that all Americans are covered and so the grubby health-insurance companies will be put out of business—because when it comes to helping the sick, no one should ever be allowed to ask the question, "How much money can we save by making this poor bastard suffer?"
Please, my Republican friends, if you can, take a quiet moment away from your AM radio and cable news network and be happy for your country. We're doing better. And we're doing it for you, too.
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Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author. He directed and produced Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. He has also written seven books, most recently, Mike’s Election Guide 2008.
a big fat F/U
Surprise Michael Moore - all of these things would already be covered by my plan because I worked hard and got a good job.
Imagine that!
Dear Michael Moore,
Go to h*ll.
Sincerely, Everyone.
I’ll pay to save my own life, thanks. I’d rather not rely on the national government to pay for it.
In Cuba, the citizens get equal care for their pre-existing conditions. Nothing.
He can go to fing hell
Thank you
and yet the survival rate for breast cancer is 90% in the USA...while it’s 79% in the UK. Moore has no comment for that, eh?
yeah buy will he still be able to get lap band?
Disrespecting John Wayne. Moore, you are truly a major pimple on the backside of this planet.
Michael Moore is on Larry King is alive right now.
Not sure why I’m watching this. Wolf Blitzer is hosting.
Ooh, now its Famous Feticide supporter Barty Stoopak.
Can I chant USA now! [/sarcasm]
Okay, so Michael Moore thinks that none of us have ever had health care for our families and that B.H.Obama has saved us from eternal damnation. I have always had health care when my family was vulnerable. The government was my obstacle not my helper. I was mandated to buy what congress mandated.
How dare this fat ____ imply that we don’t provide our kids with medical care.
In the real world, you do what you have to do. In the liberal world, you hang out at Krispy Kreme and all-you-can-eat buffets and wait for the government to do it for you.
I have had several potential health insurance issues, and every time my insurer came through perfectly. We had one gigantic issue - pushing the lifetime limit - and they were again perfect, even pressuring the hospital for a deal to keep our total under their limit. If the policy says it's covered, then it is. How could I object to that? Moore must be as obnoxious in person as he seems on TV if everyone who deals with him is really as unpleasant as he makes them sound.
Okay, okay, but where’s my unicorn that poops Skittles?
LOL. Third world health care is going to save my life? I’d like to see some poor person in the public health care exchange get a top notch specialist for a debilitating disease. They will be lucky to get a nurse’s assistant to look at them.
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but I will never let my kids eat Skittles again. HAHAHA.
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