Your Own Worst Enemy
From: cassandra
Date: Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:50 PM
To: mmflint@aol.com
Subject: Canadian living in the US, the health care truth
Hey,
I just watched (with tears rolling down my face) your film, "Sicko." I am
a Canadian citizen living in Los Angeles. I am without healthcare. I am
only 25, yet fear that something will happen to me that won't allow me to
fly back to Canada to receive the treatment for it. It's quite sad. I have a
job here, do quite well, have 2 university degrees...and yet can't go to the
doctor when I feel ill. I also work in the fashion industry...an industry
that doesn't offer a lot of careers In my home town of Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada. This is the US...and yet I cannot have both, a career I love and
healthcare. I can go back to Canada, rethink my entire career and work in a
profession I have zero passion for, but yet know that If I break a leg or
need stitches...I won't have to file for bankruptcy. Why are educated adults
living in an industrialized nation having to make such decisions????
I would also like to testify that the picture the US media paints of Canada’s
universal healthcare system is completely false. It already saddens me
Daily, the level of stupidity and lack of global awareness people have here
in the states. Why learn about other cultures when we are indoctrinated to
believe this is the god damn best country in the world? Who needs a
passport? Who needs to educate themselves on the wondrous joys of other
countries when the government leads us to believe, god damn it, this is the
best f*%*$% place to be. You can drive a Lexus and not have a high school
diploma, just make sure you use condoms though, because that newborn will
set you back a year salary and forget about spending time with that
expensive little treat because you have to go back to work, now!
After watching your movie, I am thinking I need to give up the snow free
winters and get my ass back to Canada. My parents are living it up during
their retirement. They are extremely well off people, do they complain about
the health care...do they get all flustered thinking, damn I could just pay
my way into not having to wait for operation X or check up Y? NO! Canadian
health care is amazing. My dad had a massive heart attack 2 years ago,
fire trucks, ambulance, doctors were there within 5 minutes, he was checked
into the hospital, they blasted out the clog, and he was home within the
week and all that came out of their pocket was the money spent on coffee and
snacks from the vending machines in the hospital. The hospital had no idea
of my parents financial standing in life and yet his treatment was just the
same as the regular Joe Schmoo who works as a janitor.
It wasn't until I moved to the states that I realized how messed up this
country is. It is all backwards. The complacency of citizens to just believe
every last thing that is fed to them...via CNN, US weekly, down to every
last government official...it's sick and it will be the absolute demise of
this nation. People in power have their bank accounts’ best interest at hand,
have the well being of their party at a higher priority...they don't give a
shit about what's best for the average person...
Americans should get their passport, spend less money on their local church
or political candidate, get out there, visit other countries , check your
ego at the door and realize America IS NOT the best country in the world and
if the 300 million of you got up and made as much noise as Michael
Moore...there might be some freaking change for the better here AND stop
being so ignorant about paying more taxes...immediate rewards aren't as
important as looking at the big picture...in the long run, pay more taxes, get
more back...it isn't socialism...because the government SHOULD provide those
things, what they shouldn't provide is the ability to BRAINWASH you into
being your own worst enemy.
Cassandra
