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This movie was quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It's right up there with A.I. If you haven't seen it, it's all about how rich white hospitals are keeping the poor minority people from getting health care. Then it ends with a bunch of shots of people (democratic leaders) talking about how national healthcare will solve this problem.
The first problem I have with this movie is that this guy, John Q, didn't understand his insurance policy, so it was someone else's fault. This really pisses me off when people blame someone else for their screw ups. I know this is a movie, but people do this all the time. I used to work at a doctor's office as a medical records dude. I got to hear all about it.
The second thing I have a problem with is that there were no black doctors. It was John, a black man, versus the white doctors, lawyers, insurance people, and police officers. This really bothers me because they were going to HOPE MEDICAL in CHICAGO!!!! This portrayal of the minority doctors and police in Chi-town was very skewed.
Thirdly, this movie never explored the options of the numerous charities that are more than willing to help people in need. Plus, they belonged to a small church outside of Chicago and claimed to be Christian, but they never went to any of the other churches in Chicago to ask for money. There are huge Churches in Chicago and I'm sure that most of them would be willing to help this man.
Finally, the issue of national healthcare was pushed until I was about suffocated. This movie was right out of Ted Kennedy's playbook and it made me sick. It really frustrates me because it's in a movie and people seem to believe whatever is put in movies, even if it's far from the truth. You know Beautiful Mind? Everyone thinks that John Nash was a great guy because that movie portrayed him as such. Example: In the movie he and his wife got along pretty good. Reality: Nash fathered an illegitimate son whom he refused to help care for, despite the fact that his own circumstances were far better than those of the child's mother. The woman he married, Alicia Larde, is portrayed in the film as the one and only love of Nash's life; no mention is made of their 1963 divorce. (Nearly forty years later, the couple remarried.) [taken from slashdot.org].
Now, in John Q, national healthcare is portrayed as the savior of the modern world. Everyone gets healthcare no matter what their situation. This is far from the truth. If you take a look at Canada, you'll see why. At first glance it looks great, but you take a closer look and see the flaws. A friend of my family (who lives in Canada) travelled to the United States. While here, the husband had a heart attack. They called the Canadian Medical Office (or whatever it's called) and asked where they should go and the office said they couldn't go anywhere in the United States. So the Cannucks flew him home (which is stupid because heart attacks need immediat attention) and put him on a waiting list to get SEEN by a doctor, and it took him 6 months for the government to let him see a doctor. That's crap. If the government get a hold of the medical system, they'll only allow a certain number of each procedure per year and if you get too far down on the list, you don't get treated. That's how national healthcare works. Also, research goes out the window because that means the government would have to pay for new procedures and spend more money. Why do you think that people come from all over the world from nations with national healthcare to get treated in the United States? Because we're 20 year ahead of countries with national healthcare. If you don't think I'm right, go look it up. Go see how "efficient" national healthcare is. I don't know about you, but I'd rather have my own money to take care of myself when I need it than have less money and have the possibility of not getting treated because I just happened to get on the list too late. Think about it... I'm out....
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