Maybe it is time to regulate the drug industry ? maybe it is time for better results? maybe we can get cure at fair price for everyone if we organize the research resources worldwide in a more effective way? what has been done in internationalizing the space program could maybe be done with the drug research too. This will only be possible if government and by derivation through democratic process the people around the world express a need for more humanity in this world.

That makes too much sense. Expect to be grilled on that point.

I would say that i am pretty scandalized by this “hot air vent” pseudo journalism. This is really insane and simplistic(in the harmful way). Oh yes socialized medicine is evil! cause we cannot make profit and so we cannot develop new treatment. but about the drug industry lets think about that, it has almost no regulation at all, new drugs research cost more and more. And apart that it is well known that drug industry keep developing drugs for pathology which were already addressed correctly. But cause of the patent expiration and in order to keep making big profit drug industry continue to develop drugs for disease suffered by the mass, risking to replace effective but patent free drug, by a new one which will allow them to make a lot of profit with the risk of secondary effect for the patient. so clearly reinventing the wheel is a waste. first a waste of resources as the researchers working on reinventing drugs for theses pathology can not work on new disease treatment. secondly as it cost more and more to discover new drugs and as it forces drug companies to “reinvent the wheel”, it raises few questions: is this system the best? how long will we be able to continue discovering new drugs? who is going to pay? at whom expenses?
Maybe it is time to regulate the drug industry ? maybe it is time for better results? maybe we can get cure at fair price for everyone if we organize the research resources worldwide in a more effective way? what has been done in internationalizing the space program could maybe be done with the drug research too. This will only be possible if government and by derivation through democratic process the people around the world express a need for more humanity in this world.

Anyone who has had Heath insurance has been denied coverage of one sort or another. But if you are trying to convince anyone that the feds wont deny certain coverage to certain patients, all I can say is wake up. They do it every day already. BTW my wife is an Oncology Nurse at a Charity hospital in Louisiana. Neither of us can imagine Federal health care being any better then what the State provides

“I’m sure Moore will donate all the movie’s earnings to fund healthcare.” — EdDantes

I’m sure Moby Mike will “donate” his earning to McBurgers

“how is Moore a health guru? He is a fat slob who spews half truths about everything just to get his 2 seconds of fame.”

You forgot “disgustingly badly shaven”…he’s a fat, disgustingly badly shaven slob who spews … HALF truths?! Ooooh, feeling generous tonight, aren’t we?

Why? Frivolous lawsuits may not be on the rise, but they still constitute 1/3 of the total. Even if damages aren’t awarded, lawyers must still be paid.

The US Chamber Institute for Tort Reform has estimated the average annual cost for a family of 4, as a result of such suits, at $3520 in increased healthcare costs. Another study (albeit hotly contested) puts the estimate at almost 3 times that amount.

Legal costs, merited or not, are driving Medical costs to unsustainable levels. Damages, when rewarded, are getting larger, and so companies must carry ever more expensive insurance to cover those costs.