battle for survival

Michael Moore?s latest movie ?Sicko? should be a wake-up call for insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry as well as the AMA. The movie starts out showing exactly what can occur to working class Americans without medical health insurance, citing the storyline of your man who cut off the tip of two fingers in the work accident. Because he had no insurance and would be paying cash, he was given a choice of having one fingertip replaced for $12,000 or even the other for $60,000. What kind of choice could that often be? Of course, he chose to save the less costly of the two. The movie went on to exhibit the fate of a couple who had worked each of their life, bought insurance through their employers. Three cardiac arrest along with a bout of cancer left the couple bankrupt and virtually homeless despite their insurance coverage. The story shocked me more than usual because I know my friend is a fairly good martial artist. He is often dubbed as 'talented' by his colleagues and superiors. What's wrong with this story? In theory, he may have wasted the thief quickly while he clearly had no weapon with him. According to him, he didn't know what to do. He knew how he could subdue such assault but he just did not know how to handle it at that time. This family owned business is headed by a man who had a vision of reviving luxury train travel. From his first acquisition he has sought out locomotives and coaches that were cast aside and left to rust away. They have been painstakingly restored to their original finery and are considered fine examples of rolling stock still in service. The locomotives have been christened with names of the family. Modern times have cramped the steam engine's style and mostly electricity and diesel are used nowadays. There is however a tradition that a steam engine pulls a train in and out of their private station Capital Park.