Re: 10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies

That's how threads get to more than 20 pages, lol...

Still, Michael Moore does what most don't, and he gets bashed for it...remember, FACTS, not TRUTH...

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Agreed, but even in a free medical society they pay for it through their taxes. However, coming from taxes you don’t think or notice the expense as much because you no longer see a giant, heart stopping doctors bill.

True, and not true. My wife is actually on a forum on another site for expectant mothers, and they were talking about the bills they have to pay to have a baby in a U.S. hospital. The American women also made the claim, "You have to pay more taxes.". When they compared pay stubs for what would be the same tax bracket, my wife actually paid less taxes. We just don't pay crazy taxes for some of the things that you do - like a never-ending war.

When I lived in Portland, my wife and I had Kaiser as our health provider. For an HMO, they were not to shabby. I've heard a few horror storys about Kaiser, but I can't think of another health provider I haven't heard a horror story about. The way I see it, my wife and I had our daughter for $10, so I really have nothing to complain about and I have to admit I miss not having Kaiser anymore, as they are not here in Arizona.

Wow, sounds like a much better HMO plan than I had Tim when I lived in Jax. They had like 3 specialists of each category that we were allowed to choose from, and EVERY visit had a $10 minimum fee. I even had to wait 6 weeks just to see a freakin' dermatologist because of this cyst I had, and once they determined it was just a cyst and benign, the HMO wouldn't cover it. Fine.

So I had it removed once I moved back to Canada about 3 years later for free... 5 day wait from referral at a walk-in clinic to actual surgery. I kid you not. Don't even get me going about HMOs, from my crappy experience!

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Don't even get me going about HMOs, from my crappy experience!

Yep, like I said, I've heard many horror storys about HMOs. I guess I've been lucky all this time and have never had much to complain about, but the way things are going in this country, I have no doubt my bad experience will eventually happen.