When it comes to economic decisions, there are always trade offs (取舍). Gain one
thing and you lose something else.{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
{{/U}} The central argument of Michael Moore's movie "Sicko"
—that the cure to the nation, health care problems is a single—payer system—is
hardly novel and is certainly worth consideration, whether or not you agree with
it. But in comparing the American system with single-payer plans of other
countries—Britain, France, Canada and Cuba Mr. Moore left out the trade-offs,
characterizing those countries as health care paradises. {{U}} {{U}}
2 {{/U}} {{/U}}Kurt Loder, the film critic who is best known as the
anchor(主持人)of "MTV News", wrote a critique(批评)of the film for MTV's website.
"Sicko," he said, "does a real service" in portraying(描绘)victims of American
insurance companies'—like the people, who died because their only treatment
options were considered "experimental" and therefore not covered. {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}} When "governments attempt to
regulate the balance between a limited supply of health care and an unlimited
demand for it, they're inevitably forced to ration treatment".
Mr.Loder asserted. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}Mr. Loder cited
the short film "Dead Meat", which presents anecdotes (轶事) of failure. In the
Canadian single-payer system in its one—sidedness, "Dead Meat", might have made
for a nice double feature with "Sicko" and left movie-goers with a more complete
understanding of the complications of deciding on a health care system.
{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}} This all makes an
otherwise "emotionally compelling film not necessarily an intellectually
satisfying one," wrote Darren Barefoot, a Canadian blogger (客作者).
A. This is particularly true in health care, a market in which scarce
(稀罕的) goods are ridiculously expensive, but needed by everybody.
B. Mr. Moore also decided to ignore problems in other countries, like
France's high taxes and Britain's cash—short hospitals. C. But
the film as a whole, he concluded, is "breathtakingly meretricious (似是而非的)," in
large part because of its characterizations of other countries' health care
systems. D. The problems have been noticed--and criticism is
coming not just from Mr. Moore's detractors(诋毁者). E. He ticked
off a number of negative statistics to counter the positive ones offered by Mr.
Moore. F. Health care is the prevention, treatment, and
management of illness.