elgordoboy
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Xyphoid process-nipple-or salsa....could be Kuato too though....you decideSpeaking of bump....what is that reddish colored "bump" on your tar's chest??? Very strange looking
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Sicko
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destinconcierge
Beach Lover
I am surprised that michael moore's film is not playing anywhere in the area. i stopped by the new grandview cinema at pier park and the kid at the box office said it wasn't on the schedule to be shown at all !! what's with that
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/
Maybe this would help
ItzKatzTime
Beach Fanatic
Xyphoid process-nipple-or salsa....could be Kuato too though....you decide
Interesting
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Mango
SoWal Insider
Mango....can't believe we have to go more then 200 miles to see it
Oh well, how are you? Miss you here in SoWal.
Kat
Hey Kat
Missing sowal and its' peeps. 
I do have this wonderful mango smelling candle I light in a coconut that reminds me of good times. ;-)
destinconcierge
Beach Lover
I am surprised that michael moore's film is not playing anywhere in the area. i stopped by the new grandview cinema at pier park and the kid at the box office said it wasn't on the schedule to be shown at all !! what's with that
Dont' know how much good it will do, but I sent Michael Moore an email concerning the fact that there are no theaters in our area showing "Sicko".
Seems that Rave Theaters would at least be showing in one of their many at Destin Commons.
Here's his email if anyone wants to join me.
michael@michaelmoore.com
Mango
SoWal Insider
Did anyone not notice that the above post?
It is playing in Panama City beach at the Carmike Theatre.
I didn't see it because it just started today.
http://www.carmike.com/showtimedetails.aspx?theatrenumber=073012
It is playing in Panama City beach at the Carmike Theatre.
I didn't see it because it just started today.
http://www.carmike.com/showtimedetails.aspx?theatrenumber=073012
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goofer
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I went to the Carmike Cinema this afternoon to see the film. Michael Moore is an incredibly gifted film maker. He intentionally comes at the subject of healthcare and health insurance from a left position. He gives us the point of view of what is the greatest good for the greatest number. His film is thought provoking and is sure to be discussed quite extensively in the political season. The film made me angry as well as a little frightened about my own situation, even though I am well insured. Moore uses humor for comic relief . The universal healthcare in England, France and Canada as well as CUBA is startling compared to our system and infinitely better. !!! Well worth seeing. This is an important film.
Mango
SoWal Insider
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I can tell you that I have many British friends and my mother lived there for a while.
In the UK healthcare is not totally FREE, but it's considerably cheaper than insurance premiums in the US. They pay their r premiums through taxes. Prescriptions are great though, I have to say. Flat fee for any drug of ?6.80, which is about $13.60 and doctors make housecalls.
The system in the UK is great for some things - like broken bones and some other routine and common ailments/things, but NOT for "unusual things", which is why so many go to the USA for treatment for that, if lucky enough to be able to afford to do that.
If you're above a certain age, there is discrimination. A man was told there was "no point" in another bypass op when he was 75 (he's now 85, so there was plenty of point!). Being the stiff-upper-lip Brit, taught not to "make a fuss", he didn't.
People there get much sicker or even die while waiting for treatment (chemo or heart ops for instance)- on the other hand many don't and they then get their free treatment. Waiting lists are long. I know someone who waited 6 months for an MRI and just waited 12 weeks to see a Gynecologist after being referred by GP about a problem at Christmastime - but it was "free".
Also, if you go to the doctor for something and think maybe they'll do a test (blood/saliva, anything), usually they do not but take a wait and see approach, which I used to find very hard to accept. Even my English friends would joke that it takes an average of six visits to the doctor for the same persistent problem before they consider a blood test. (cost).
There is also rationing. You get better or worse treatment depending on where you live; called the "postcode lottery" (zipcode lottery). So, if you have cancer, you might get Tamoxifen or Herceptin in one area, but not another because the local Health Authority can't afford the drug.
There are also terrible problems there in the hospitals with (lack of) infection control. People go into the hospital, maybe with something minor or minor operation, and not too infrequently catch MRSA or C Difficile while in there and either get very sick, or die.
I am glad about the comic relief though because most people have said they walk out crying.
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Chickpea
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Cannot wait to see it either- I am actually stunned they are showing movie here - there are so many movies in the past years I have wanted to see but could not (and was usually told that this is because people on vacation want easy light movies and not depressing, tough movies.