In a New Yorker op-ed:
“Sicko” doesn’t really offer solutions. Yes, it visits France. But it doesn’t discuss the difficulties of reforming a system that encompasses sixteen per cent of the economy. It doesn’t investigate the tradeoffs that universal health care will inevitably require. It’s an outrage machine.
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Outrage is good. Let the economists and think tanks and care providers devlop the system. I don’t need Mr. Moore coming up with any solutions. We shouldn’t look to him for solutions. However, without public outrage – nothing will change.
As doctors, we need to learn how to influence public opinion, not jsut be the victims of said opinion.
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