tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32135187.post6751977737921686098..comments2023-10-09T04:56:39.773-04:00Comments on Dorkabetic: On Anticipating Michael Moore's "Sicko"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06057037135771680767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32135187.post-36074815709142811612007-06-16T21:36:00.000-04:002007-06-16T21:36:00.000-04:00I saw a preview to this today (while taking my nei...I saw a preview to this today (while taking my neighbor to see "Nancy Drew" - very good) and will definitely see the movie.Minnesota Nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170043587010711783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32135187.post-81721508333786747682007-06-15T22:19:00.000-04:002007-06-15T22:19:00.000-04:00Scott--I hope we will see the day when 100% of emp...Scott--I hope we will see the day when 100% of employers offer health coverage. Good health coverage. <BR/><BR/>Drea--don't even get me started on life insurance. Maybe if we win the health insurance fight, we can move onto life insurance, but that seems like a really weird business anyway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057037135771680767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32135187.post-33794776128638521222007-06-15T20:24:00.000-04:002007-06-15T20:24:00.000-04:00I saw this movie the other night, and was shocked....I saw this movie the other night, and was shocked....especially as a Canadian who has health care covered by the federal government - this movie was an eye opener. I encourage everyone to see this movie....<BR/><BR/>...and even though I am in Canada, I still can not get life insurance or health insurance (outside of my work group plan)Dreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936665366295488012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32135187.post-91324349934178154702007-06-15T16:41:00.000-04:002007-06-15T16:41:00.000-04:00I couldn't agree more! Anything that gets the con...I couldn't agree more! Anything that gets the conversation started would help; we've ignored the issue since 1992 hoping it would go away, but it has only gotten worse. To add to your post, consider the following, which I extracted from a document on the International Diabetes Federation's website:<BR/><BR/>Approximately 46.6 million Americans were uninsured last year (or about 16% of the U.S. population) according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Given that around 6% of people in the USA have diabetes, of the approximately 46.6 million people with no healthcare cover, we can estimate that around 3 million people with diabetes in the U.S. have either insufficient cover for reasonable healthcare, or receive no care at all. Even more troubling is the fact that one the fastest-growing segments of the newly uninsured are people with jobs. Meanwhile, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, only 60% of U.S. employers offered health coverage during 2005, which is down from 63% in 2004 and 69% in 2000.Scott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.com