to that guy cuba does have better healthcare and schooling than you guys.how many people die from hurricanes in cuba?

America became the most wealthy and most powerful nation in the world in less than 200 years because of our freedom. Socialism is the antithesis of freedom. We can adopt it, but then we would be just as oppressed, unproductive, and stagnant as Europe.Personally, I like being free, not a slave. But maybe that's just me.

If all's so great in the rest of the world, then why do we have over 20,000,000 people who risked their lives to sneak into this country illegally? If Cuba is such a medical paradise, then why are people willing to swim 90 miles to get here?And, I'm sure that they don't teach this in school's anymore, but this country wasn't built on the back's of subsidies and American taxpayers. Rockefeller and Vanderbilt didn't count on socialism to make this country what it is today. The free market spurs competition, and when the leader of an industry isn't living up to their potential, it leaves the door wide open for someone else to come in and do the job better and for less money. When Yahoo came out as a search engine, it was fine, but Google thought they could do it better. Now, when you search for something on the Internet, who do you go to? Google. The problem with corporations is THE GOVERNMENT. They're the ones who attempt to create new controls that bind the hands of corporations all while accepting their money and turning a blind eye to the corruption that takes place at the top. Whether it's socialism or capitalism, there will be corporate scandal...it doesn't matter. But in a free market, we're capable of saying "NO" to people who produce unsatisfactory goods and in immoral manners.And all day everyday, especially now that we're gearing up for an election, people complain about this government and administration, chastising them for their power grabs. But here, we not only want to blindly hand them over MORE control, but control of OUR HEALTH. WAKE UP!!!They screwed up the tax system, they screwed up the social security system, they're going to kill us with their foreign policy, yet you continue to want to give them more power? Asinine.

I just saw Sicko. I’m very impressed by the film and saddened by what I saw about our health care system, especially in comparison to those of other countries. If we demand universal health care, we will get it. The health insurance companies that are profiting from the current system and their lobbyists will make a fight of it but it is up to us to educate ourselves about the situation and to demand change.