Comments on: Sicko: Box office analysis http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html/comment-page-1#comment-77385 Anonymous Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html#comment-77385 WHAT FREE MARKET? I couldn’t get health insurance for years and I had the money to pay for a premium. But the health insurance companies kept changing the reasons why the would not insure me. My medical crime? I was a freelancer! God forbid a person tries to go into business for themselves. How is it a free market when a person has NO CHOICES? I had NO CHOICES, yet I had income. I have met many other people who went through or are going through the same exact situation. And by the way Sicko had the second highest grossing per screen average its first week. The Rat movie was on around $11,000 per screen. On a per screen basis Sicko was #2. WHAT FREE MARKET? I couldn’t get health insurance for years and I had the money to pay for a premium. But the health insurance companies kept changing the reasons why the would not insure me. My medical crime? I was a freelancer! God forbid a person tries to go into business for themselves. How is it a free market when a person has NO CHOICES? I had NO CHOICES, yet I had income. I have met many other people who went through or are going through the same exact situation. And by the way Sicko had the second highest grossing per screen average its first week. The Rat movie was on around $11,000 per screen. On a per screen basis Sicko was #2.

]]> By: Nick Lento http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html/comment-page-1#comment-77197 Nick Lento Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html#comment-77197 Bottom Line: The status quo has many trillions of dollars worth of sheer momentum. <br/><br/>That translates to raw political power. The medical industrial complex practically owns the government and dominates the media.<br/><br/>This status quo is not sustainable in the long run. <br/><br/>Our health care system has become a kind of legalized theft. It's all about money, not common human decency...and there just isn't enough money in the world to satiate the unlimited greed of this sector.<br/><br/>Change will come, or the system will, eventually, collapse.<br/><br/>This isn't Bombay. Americans will not stand (for long) for a country in which the poor go away and die, the rich (usually ;-) get excellent care and the middle class just gets screwed at every turn. Bottom Line: The status quo has many trillions of dollars worth of sheer momentum.

That translates to raw political power. The medical industrial complex practically owns the government and dominates the media.

This status quo is not sustainable in the long run.

Our health care system has become a kind of legalized theft. It’s all about money, not common human decency…and there just isn’t enough money in the world to satiate the unlimited greed of this sector.

Change will come, or the system will, eventually, collapse.

This isn’t Bombay. Americans will not stand (for long) for a country in which the poor go away and die, the rich (usually ;-) get excellent care and the middle class just gets screwed at every turn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html/comment-page-1#comment-77027 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/sicko-box-office-analysis.html#comment-77027 Well, I can say Ratatouille grossed $47.2 million this weekend. I went to see it, I would highly recommend it, and it definitely increased my appetite for French food! Well, I can say Ratatouille grossed $47.2 million this weekend. I went to see it, I would highly recommend it, and it definitely increased my appetite for French food!

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