Mike Moore is right about health care being free…
TheBaldyMan Donating Member Journal Wed Jul-11-07 05:36 AM
Mike Moore is right about health care being free…
I was thinking about Mike Moore on the Larry King Show, lambasted for his claim that medical treatment in all those countries with universal health care was free. I heard Mike being browbeaten into silence by two reporters with a long track record of dishonesty and inaccuracy, continually loading questions and twisting claims that had already been shown to be flat out lies.
Later I was mulling this over and I had an epiphany. Mike was right - health care is free in the UK.
Sure enough here in the UK I have to pay for the British NHS with my taxes, so someone has already paid for the doctors, nurses, ancillary workers, hospitals, pharmacies etc. but it is still free health care. How can something be free if you have to pay for it? It works like this…
Say Larry King is walking down a street here in England, just as Eric Turnbow did in the movie “Sicko”, and he begins to feel faint and dizzy, he collapses to the ground. Even though Mr. King had never paid taxes here in the UK he would receive exactly the same standard of health care that any Briton would. After all if someone Mr. King’s age were to be taken poorly it would be advisable at least to get a check up by a physician. If that physician decided that he would like to run a few tests (just to be on the safe side) Mr. King would have those tests done. At no point would anyone ask him for payment because the primary consideration would be his medical condition. The questions asked would be about his health, what could be wrong with him, what would the appropriate treatment be. He would then receive that treatment.
As someone who has actually paid into the system I have no problem with this, I would be horrified if I thought that somebody was taken ill and wasn’t getting medical treatment the equal of the kind I would receive. I’d like to thank Mr. Moore for pointing this out to me, I never realized that here in the UK we do indeed have free health care.
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My sweet and beautiful sister Katherine Turnbow Peil was my date for the ‘Sicko” premier in Seattle. She sent Michael Moore
a letter and he responded to her personally! This is so exciting that I have reprinted the letter here at ericturnbow.com
Please enjoy!…..
—– Original Message —– From: “Katherine Peil”
To: “Eric Turnbow”
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Fw: How about taking on religion next?
Hey Bro!
Thought you might get a kick out of this….his response is at the bottom. Hugs, K
Original Message —– From: “Katherine Peil”
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:10 PM
Subject: How about taking on religion next?
Hey Michael,
I had the honor and pleasure of screening Sicko in Seattle as the guest of
my brother, Eric Turnbow.
As an emotion theorist, I truly appreciate the theme I’ve seen running
through your films concerning how leaders use fear to gain control over
followers. So it struck me during Sicko, that you could do the world a huge
favor by taking on organized religion (albeit perhaps risking crucifixion –
but your kahoonies are already most impressive).
Many thanks for your good works, and for allowing Eric his 15 minutes. You
have long been a family hero! So feel free to call upon me any time you
might need an expert on the emotional system — and especially if you want to take on religion. Indeed, the emotional system underlies the innate spiritual impulse and a species wide moral compass -
but organized religion deeply interferes, hijacks and often negates the
innate self-regulatory wisdom our emotional system offers. Big hugs,
Katherine Turnbow Peil
Director, EFS International
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Now here is Michael’s Personal Response To My Sister Katherines email inqirey!
Way to go Sis, and Thank You Michael for taking the time to answer us! (E.T.)
thank you katherine! i am so sorry security guys were rushing me out of the theater in seattle cause i really wanted to talk to you guys. so lets take a rain check on that. i always love coming to seattle.
though i don’t know Eric personally, i feel we are kindred spirits. all my buddies and me, we are like eric! and that is EXACTLY how we would have crossed abbey road!!
take care,
Michael
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