Well, I guess if Moore defamed the hospital (and possibly Kaiser) that
turned the child away they would have sued and made him cut that scene
from the movie.
Hendrik
Lee Einer wrote:
Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit.
The mother was turned away with her dying child because she was Kaiser
HMO and the nearest hospital was out of network. She begged for them to
take care of her baby and they called the cops. By the time the child
was transported to an "in network" hospital further away, it was too late.
It was not that the family was indigent, or uninsured. The family was
insured through Kaiser Permanente, an HMO. The HMO refused to allow the
child to be treated at an out of network hospital, and thus caused her
death.
It's called "death by denial," and its not at all uncommon in the U.S.
We're not talking about the uninsured in this case, but people who have
insurance and who get the carpet yanked from under them when they
actually seek medical treatment.
Lee
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