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    Is the movie 'Johm Q.' based on a true story?

    Question #21574. Asked by me oh my.

    Friar Tuck

    http://www.epinions.com/content_57792171652
    says "John Q is a high paced, yet strangely heart warming story. The cast is superb and the plot, based on a true story, is incredible."
    Unfortunately the critics rip it to pieces on
    http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/johnq

    Aug 19 02, 7:49 AM
    LyndaV

    According to Wiki the story is not based on any fact just something that could happen.

    Apr 07 09, 4:40 AM
    McGruff

    According to wiki where?

    This entry has no mention of whether the story is true or not.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Q

    This article from Time magazine indicates that the situation would never actually happen.
    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001966,00.html

    The good news is that most of us will never find ourselves in quite the medical crisis the John Q. family does. In the movie, which was written in 1993, during the Clinton health-care-reform battle, the parents are told that a heart transplant costs $250,000, that their insurance doesn't cover it and that they're required to post a $75,000 deposit or their sick son will be sent packing. While it's true that hospitals expect to be reimbursed for services provided to even the neediest and most grievously ill patients, it's not true that they handle things in so mercenary a manner. "That's Hollywood," says Anne Paschke, spokeswoman for the United Network for Organ Sharing. "The fact is, there are a lot of things that would prevent that from happening in the real world."

    Apr 07 09, 9:25 AM

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