SICKO

I have found the movie SICKO written by Michael Moore very interesting. The whole documentary movie is about the Health care in the United States. It shows that it is provided by high-profit oriented maintenance organization(HMOs).With 300 million populations in USA there is about 50 million people without an insurance, and even people with the insurance are worry if their insurance is covering them when they will get very sick. There are very bad practices by the insurance companies. The company agents who are helping to fill the applications for health insurance are not honest with their responses to the customers, and they are forced by companies to hold some information or even lie. People are worry after they will get sick not to be dropped by insurance companies, because insurance companies are able to use dirty practices to get rid of those people to save the companies money. The movie reveals that the doctors who have least claims are getting the big bonuses compare to the doctors with high numbers of claims. How is it possible that the guy who cut his two fingers has to decide which of his fingers he wants to safe because he has no enough money to save both of them? Why young women with cancer and small child can’t get the help because the insurance would not take her? Why three 9/11 clean-up volunteers, who developed respiratory problems can’t get help? It also shows that there is still racism in our health system. Author also examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons' reform effort failed in the 1990s. It shows how big influence lobbing companies have in our political system. Author compares our health care to free, universal care in Canada, the United Kingdom and France. Moore contrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. about cost, quality, and salaries. It is unbelievable that young women with the cancer comes to Canada and gets help which she can’t get in USA or can’t afford it. Why is that that US citizens are forced to look for help outside of the country? How is it possible that Cuba is able to provide free health care for our citizens and US the country with the biggest economy of the world not? After watching this movie I think everybody has to answer all this questions in his mind, and it's hard to disagree with Moore argument that health care in the United States is broken and needs to be fixed.