Sicko

Precis: in terms of healthcare Americas health insurance hurts more people than it does help. That is compared to other places around the world. Most People in America do not have access to affordable healthcare.

Evidence:

I. The healthcare system is primary based around capitalism where the objective of big healthcare companies is to get rich.

• What parent wants to move in with their child? The very first couples shown in the movie, Larry and Dona Smith were forced to do so. Two hard working individuals both supplied with healthcare. All until one was overcome with heart attacks and the other suffered from cancer. Medical bills piled up despite their insurance coverage. They needed so much money they could no longer afford to owe their home. Getting sick is not affordable even with healthcare.
• Almost 80 years old and still working hard cleaning bathrooms. The only reason he stills works is because this job provides him with healthcare. Without it, he has no other opinions due to the mere fact there is no way to afford it. Healthcare companies do not make healthcare easily accessible to people.

II. Healthcare providers and politicians tell the public what they want them to believe.

• In a article published in the New York Times the author sheds light on the topic so positively talked about by politicians. Initially starting by a claim made my Giuliani where he explains America’s “best medical care in the world. The movie Sicko was brought up to mention the United States healthcare. Although the author spent time critiquing Sicko, for its representation of healthcare in other countries as perfect the author mostly agreed. He questions America’s healthcare using both facts and observations. The author points out the shocking number of “45 million people without health insurance” in America, which does not include the people with poor healthcare. He also mentions the nonexistence technologic advances dealing with patient paperwork, we “still operating in the dark ages of paper records and handwritten scrawls” World’s Best Medical Care?." New York Times(2007): n. pag. Web. 20 Dec 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/opinion/12sun1.html

I thought Sicko was interesting. As I’m sure many of the people who have seen it would have thought the way. For reasons being that we are simply unaware. Once again these issues are hidden behind a veil that’s easy to see through but no one choices to. Politicians, healthcare providers go about their busy and tell the public what they want them to believe. This movies points out the clear fundamental issues with the healthcare in the united states regarding the cost, access and how much is actually done.