http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2007/11/13/sicko-a-medicare-lawyer-s-view.aspxJudith Stein is the executive director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy , and has worked as a health care advocacy attorney for thirty years. We asked her to comment on Michael Moore&#39;s Sicko , to tie in with its recent release on DVD. This is notenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2007/11/13/sicko-a-medicare-lawyer-s-view.aspx#53037Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:01:54 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:53037Tammi Diaz<p> I support single-payer health insurance HR676</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=53037" width="1" height="1">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2007/11/13/sicko-a-medicare-lawyer-s-view.aspx#52411Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:14:33 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:52411Genie Deutsch<p>Judy is absolutely right...however our first step needs to be cutting costs by eliminating unnecessary procedures. &nbsp;But how do we get Doctors to do that`when they get paid by the procedure?Unnecessary procedures will help to bankrupt Medicare and make &nbsp;it impossible to extend the program to others. </p> <p>However, extending the program to those over 50 might help Medicare by cutting the average beneficiary cost.</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=52411" width="1" height="1">