"Sicko"

Micheal Moore has a new movie called 'Sicko' that is out now and it is about the healthcare industry, namely why it is so expensive, the reasons for that, and what we shoud do about it. Let me first say that I haven't even seen the movie but I saw Moore on Hardball with Chris Matthews the other night and he was fielding questions from the audience that raised excellent points. Secondly, I don't think you really need to see the movie to understand that there is something wrong with our healthcare system. Nearly every other "industrialized" country in the world has some sort of healthcare system that allows everyone to have free healthcare, not based on citizenship, race, or class but because they are a human being. The U.S. is the only country that still has a healthcare system based on making money-sure the hospital staff is nice, and so is the insurance person you talk to on the phone, but they are getting your money why wouldn't they be nice? Now I know the argument about how in other countries they pay so much higher taxes and thats how it is paid for, but I'm not sure that after adding my insurance premiums and the part they conveniently don't pay (deductables, copays) for that we are paying less. And then theres the argument about being about to choose your own doctors. But don't all doctors have to pass medical board exams, making all of them qualified? Perhaps the boards should be made harder to pass so that all we have is good doctors, so we don't need to worry about 'not choosing our own doctors.' Of all people I was shocked to find Moore actually using the what would Jesus do argument when dealing with healthcare. So, what would Jesus do? Would he reject someone healthcare because they weren't an American? Or because they couldn't afford it? In fact Jesus didn't charge anything for healing people of their illnesses. He tells the woman with the issue of blood in Matthew that it was her faith that healed her. So the dilemma I am having is seeing and understanding the stories and works of a God I worship, who healed people and casted out demons. Jesus did these things not because those people deserved it, but because he loved them, as he loved and still loves all people. And then I comparing them to our current healthcare system. Sure you can have great healthcare, if you can afford it. Healthcare needs to be afordable for all people, however that can be achieved.