When Michael Moore came out with “SiCKO,” we realized that we had to counter his effort with our own.
We understood the need to fight anecdote with anecdote and make sure that we avoided Moore-ian hyperbole.
What we needed were patients from Europe and Canada who would be willing to share their personal stories about how Big Government healthcare let them down in their times of trial.
As it turned out, finding these patients, these people and their stories proved easy. In a word – Google.
It also made us wonder -- why haven't members of the American MSM done the same in order to balance their regular use of anecdotes portraying the glitz and glamor of EU/Canadian-style “universal” healthcare?
NOTE: That is a rhetorical question.
We also spoke with healthcare policy experts from the UK and Canada. Something else rarely seen in the MSM.
Then we had to decide whether or not to take on the same snarky tone as the Man from Flint. It was tempting.
But we didn’t -- because the patients we interviewed responded with such honesty and majesty that when they shared their stories of frustration, perseverance, and courage – we knew additional interpretation wasn’t necessary.
After all, if the patient is to be at the center of the healthcare conversation, so too must the patient be at the center of the story, or in this case BigGovHealth.org – the movie.
Here’s a link to our seven minute masterpiece:
www.biggovhealth.org/testimonials/highlights/
For additional footage on each of these patients and thought-leaders click on the appropriate video testimonial.
Everything else, as the Talmud says, is commentary.
We understood the need to fight anecdote with anecdote and make sure that we avoided Moore-ian hyperbole.
What we needed were patients from Europe and Canada who would be willing to share their personal stories about how Big Government healthcare let them down in their times of trial.
As it turned out, finding these patients, these people and their stories proved easy. In a word – Google.
It also made us wonder -- why haven't members of the American MSM done the same in order to balance their regular use of anecdotes portraying the glitz and glamor of EU/Canadian-style “universal” healthcare?
NOTE: That is a rhetorical question.
We also spoke with healthcare policy experts from the UK and Canada. Something else rarely seen in the MSM.
Then we had to decide whether or not to take on the same snarky tone as the Man from Flint. It was tempting.
But we didn’t -- because the patients we interviewed responded with such honesty and majesty that when they shared their stories of frustration, perseverance, and courage – we knew additional interpretation wasn’t necessary.
After all, if the patient is to be at the center of the healthcare conversation, so too must the patient be at the center of the story, or in this case BigGovHealth.org – the movie.
Here’s a link to our seven minute masterpiece:
www.biggovhealth.org/testimonials/highlights/
For additional footage on each of these patients and thought-leaders click on the appropriate video testimonial.
Everything else, as the Talmud says, is commentary.
