Sicko - A Michael Moore Documentary
(37 votes, average: 4.24 out of 5)
Sicko is a documentary film by Michael Moore. The film investigates the American health care system in 2007, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
According to the movie Sicko, almost fifty million Americans are uninsured and those who are covered with insurance are often victims of insurance company fraud and red tape. Interviews are conducted with people who thought they had adequate coverage but were denied care, as well as former employees of insurance companies who describe cost-cutting initiatives that encourage bonuses for insurance company physicians to deny medical treatments for policy holders.
In this documentary, the director / writer Michael Moore exposes the dysfunctional North American health care system, oriented to huge profits and not for their mission of saving lives. Further, Moore shows the corruption in the political system, with members of government and congress “bought” by the corporations and the situation of the average American citizens.
Sicko
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Justin
How can anyone rate this crap a 5 out of 5. I’m saying this as a liberal also. Do you really think Cuba has great health care? Maybe for dignitaries, but regular people in America get the same health care if not better.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pmThen there’s Canada and the “free” health care they have. It sounds good in theory, but have you checked out their insane taxes. I don’t think paying a 30-40% sales tax on everything you buy is worth having this “incredible” health care. If you really think this crapumentary is based on fact, you’re stupid. I have propaganda to spread, but mine is based on fact.
mike
justin ……….. shut the fuck up……………donot you stupid asshole ever dare to say canada …..coz you will pollute it….. you americans wish that you have system that you justin have seeen in this movieee…..
January 5th, 2009 at 1:54 amLauree Smith
You should check out the documentary End of America. It’s based on the bestselling book by Naomi Wolf and she makes the case of how American democracy is being threatened and looks back at policy changes in the last 8 years. Was shown at film festivals and did quite well.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:08 pmAndy
Justin, I don’t think that Cuba was really the point: it was the final-straw, to underscore the point. It should be enough that the allegation can be raised and even be partly true. What happened to government for the people by the people? If this were any other nation it would be called corruption. Much as I like America from an outsider’s point of view films like this illustrate why some nations dismiss American leadership. How America can be duplicitous to her own citizens? This should be something that American people should fight for. You should note that the tax rate in the UK which has free heathcare is roughly the same for the average income. So the argument that it would lead to higher taxation isn’t always true. The question is: do Americans care about Americans enough?
January 16th, 2009 at 7:20 pmcanadian
people,in canada we care ,we care if people have no money to eat or live ,we care for people who do not have the money to got to a hospital that is why we pay high taxes , but we got the hole thing ….. maybe americans got to start doing the same if they care about their future…
January 17th, 2009 at 4:33 amLaila
Justin, you’re not a liberal.
January 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pmb0b11
The example he uses for Canada, is actually a fairly small town. It being compared to any major city in America is not at all a fair comparison. Canada is leaning more and more towards a 2-tier system for health care as it is. For a better comparison. If you look at hospitals in and around Toronto, you have to wait hours for care, just as you would in any major American city.
January 20th, 2009 at 2:19 amcanadian
bob11, yes i agree , that people have to wait for hours , this is a major problem in canada , everybody is short on staff , even hospitals, but at least it is universal…..everything is for free…what ever it coasts..not a $….
January 20th, 2009 at 3:10 amb0b11
Well, in Ontario for example. Health care is free. You can go to a doctor, and they will diagnose the problem. However the next thing they will ask you, is if you have health care. Because if you don’t they will provide you with the cheapest medication that they can, and you will forced to pay for it at any pharmacy. So no, everything is not for free.
January 20th, 2009 at 3:27 amDiego
Justin what an ignorant you are first the healt service in Cuba for everybody but you don’t know of course you never have been there and you never will, second of course you can get the same or better healt service in America IF only IF you have money of course but not for free and third I don’t think your contry would even have a healt service if you would have an economic blocade America wouldn’t survive an economic blacade but Cuba did and always will, the healt sistem is not the issue, is the political sistem that you don’t get it rigth.
February 8th, 2009 at 3:56 amJulius
Just a quick side note that has nothing to to with the film…
April 10th, 2009 at 12:56 amJustin, do your research before you make untrue statements. Here in Canada we have about an 8% sales tax on all our purchases.
Link
Canada,Britin, and France have Way,Way better healthcare than Stupid and retarded America
May 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pmsergi
hi everybody,
this is Sergi from Spain, i´ve just seen the film and i´m very surprised, i didn´t know that US health service was so bad.
I can tell you about how does health work here in Spain.
It´s more or less the same as in France, the most of the hospitals are public(you can have also a health insurance and go to a private one but it´s not necessary) and you haven´t to pay for anything, if you are ill you go to the hospital and they give you a treatment, no matter how much it costs, it´s payed by the government.
It´s true that this kind of health service isn´t perfect, sometimes you have to wait for care(depending on the emergency of your problem) and it has to be paid whith everybody´s taxes, but i think that being sure that if you have got any health problem you can go to the hospital and they will treat you properly makes people live better because there´s a problem less in their minds. A lot of people at the USA can´t say that.
I really like the USA and is a place where i would like to work when i finish my engineering studies because of the huge business oportunities this country gives, but they have a lot to learn from other countries about health care and social responsability.
thats it, i´m sorry if my english is not very well sometimes.
May 16th, 2009 at 5:16 pmI hope Michael Moore´s films make something change in the USA and help this country to be better.
bye.
Ana
hey guys
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:44 ami wanna say that what happends in US is so sad.So much about the land of oportunitys and all that.US used to be a great country, and i think it is, so christian, that when they see a breast of Janet Jackson, go outraged, but no problem that a kid of 15 can use a gun, or about Playboy, Hustler, etc..
The thruth is that they have the best laws,wich here in Europe we dont.But what is one of the most important right of a human beeing: the right to health care, and USA that beats herself in the chest, that is the promised land and all that, here we see that is far from that.
I think USA used to be a great country, but no anymore.I would not go there to live, but on vacacion.It’s such a shame to see that Cuba has better health system than US.I love Michael Moore, and what we see in here is the thruth.Nothing but the thruth.
Mona
The state of health care in America is sad. I hope one day we can provide universal health care. People may worry about higher taxes but I’ve seen my own hospital and doctors bills (and at that time I had insurance) and I thought to myself “Man, this is probably worth higher taxes. I just met a deductible of 1200 and that’s not even my maximum. Plus i just spent well into 1500 to fix my teeth.” Then when I got laid off and saw my cobra payment at about 300$ a month I damn near fainted. I think a two tier system would be a good idea because it’ll keep a competitive edge but in my mind people being able to get preventative care is worth it. An ounce of caution is worth a pound of cute.
To defend some of the health care. You do not need to be approved for an emergency ambulance ride. Sometimes the ambulance company (E.I. Rural metro/Southwest Amb)does not properly code or indicate and emergency ride on their 1500s. Hence, the insurance will deny thinking it’s not an emergency. I’m talking from experience.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pmlittlelamb
well,im european,and im not happy with all the world,no exceptions really.its all going down the pan and the 99% seem unable or transfixed into the sole purpose of doing nothing about their lives.they leave all their decision making down to people who hate them.dont quote me on this but surely this is insane.the one question is how do you deprogramme the military,police and scientists who perpertrate these crimes against all of us in the 1% name.doesnt actually seem that hard a task really.but through our glorious histories,both true and made up alike, its been the poor killing the poor,the stupid killing the just,the animals killing the slaves,the asleep killing the awakening crowd. im just amazed at how stupid these in control are.think of the power of doing some good and the respect that would go with that.how much more powerfull would these men be if everyone loved them instead of fearing them.they would be 10 times more powerfull than they are with their jesuit love and unruley gestures of misery and destruction.has one who has experience love felt any other feeling that has as much force,as love.i havent. and i experience hate and rage,like alot of people i think, on a regular basis. once i found real love,not just your nob going hard love, my hate and rage were manageable,remarkable i hear you say,so i was manageable.im a father now,so im a hero,which is a tough undertaking.its a full time responsibility but one i love.because it makes me love more and therefor makes me a better guy.i grew up beside a war zone and its so easy to see what the best way to live is.look at the person not their behaviour.we are all damaged goods in a way.out.
June 7th, 2009 at 4:14 pmrouaultba
Justin, you are an absolute moron. Get over yourself and the theocracy you live in. If you’re going to make yourself believe that you know the “facts”, at least get them straight. I live in Alberta, where the sales tax is 0% in the province and a scant 5% nationally. A small price to pay to be able to get a life saving operation when needed. In alberta we’re on the fringes of “healthcare reform” in which our “light” American government could implement privatization. That scares the shit out of me, as we may well one day end up like your fucked up country.
June 10th, 2009 at 9:58 pm