OPRAH "Sick in America: It can happen to you"

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Specializes in ALS, LTC, Home Health.

Does anyone know if there is a recording of this episode? If so where can I veiw it?

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Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.

I knew this would come up today Hee Hee.

Try the TV station she is on and ask about getting a video. Just a thought.

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Specializes in ALS, LTC, Home Health.
I knew this would come up today Hee Hee.

Try the TV station she is on and ask about getting a video. Just a thought.

did that hehe I have searched her site and all over the net so far nothing has turned up. Oh well I guess I will have to wait for reruns hehe.

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Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.
did that hehe I have searched her site and all over the net so far nothing has turned up. Oh well I guess I will have to wait for reruns hehe.

OK then, sounds like you have it covered! Have a good night;)

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Moore tells insurance lobbyist profiting off health 'doesn't seem moral'

When Oprah Winfrey welcomed Michael Moore and two health insurance experts to her program on Thursday to discuss the health care crisis in America, she set as the central question for debate, "Do you fundamentally believe that the child of a gas station attendance and the child of an investment banker deserve the same health care?"…

http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Oprah_hosts_Michael_Moore_versus_healthcare_0928.html

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Moore tells insurance lobbyist profiting off health 'doesn't seem moral'

When Oprah Winfrey welcomed Michael Moore and two health insurance experts to her program on Thursday to discuss the health care crisis in America, she set as the central question for debate, "Do you fundamentally believe that the child of a gas station attendance and the child of an investment banker deserve the same health care?"...

http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Oprah_hosts_Michael_Moore_versus_healthcare_0928.html

Thank You

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Yes, watched it.I think the doctor who testified in front of congress almost seemed like she wanted to cry with despair, I can relate.

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I finally got the chance to watch it. Was better than I expected. What I found funny was the Insurance Industry Rep. For most of the show she was like a deer in the headlights. She really did not have much to say did she. And when she did speak she towed the party line to a T. She was called on many good points and for the most part did not have anything new to say. But she did make a good point here and there. We just need to keep the issue of health care in the forefront and not let other issues overshadow it. Granted there are other issues out there that need to be addressed as well and we also need to be discussing them. My fear is that Heathcare will fall by the wayside because as stated in the show those that have it don't see it as a problem.

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Yes, the "I've got mine so to heck with you" syndrome. When are we going to as Americans go back to the days when we truly "cared" about one another? As stated in the show, those who have health insurance better not believe they are immune from a health care coverage nightmare . I also have a daughter who serves in the Navy, we are wondering how to go about making me her dependant so I can get some healthcare, my state will not allow medicaid, one needs to be approved for Social Security Disability first, that can take up to two years.

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When I got desperately ill on the job and should have been hospitalized many times over, I distinctly remember my manager yelling for me to go to the county hospital for care. It was another two years before I finally ended up in the ER twice and in the hospital for emergency surgery because I PASSED OUT AT WORK. I will never forget that manager. Now, after I have left, and he promised to give me a good reference, he has the male gonads to back stab me to future employers. If there ever were a case for "What goeth around, cometh around." My health insurance is my bank account. Sometimes that is not good enough.

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