Micheal Moore's Sicko
It emphassis than even an American Citezen do not have a safe health care treatment.
The hospitals in United States of America are full of high bills rather than health care or medication, even for their own citizens. Michael Moore's Sicko emphasized that one's good health and safe life which is the most important need of a person is not being secured in United States Of America. The health insurance company, at the time of payment for treatment, come up with some senseless excuses and rejects the payments. Hospitals carry hugs bills for treatment and medication to the patients. As compared to other industrialized country, United States of America have the worst heath care facilities in all. Many other countries have health care free of cost, not only for their citizens but for foreigners too.
A heath insurance company do not play an important role in helping their insurance holder. A young lady of about 22 years having cancer, claimed her health insurance company to pay the bill for her treatment. Her insurance company rejected the claim, declaring that she was too young for having a cancer.
Morchelle a young kid who had a health insurance and was suffering from high fever was not treated just because her parents were not able to pay for the treatment. Her condition was getting worse and the doctors’ didn’t even have a heart to treat her and she died. On the other hand, Karenna’s daughter who also had a health insurance was treated and it was free of cost.
Canada having a free health care for their citizens, made the Americans wish that they would be a Canadian citizen. It is observed that the Canadians live 3 years longer than Americans.
In America, patients are asked if there are able to afford the treatment. A man while cutting the wood cut his two middle fingers. He was asked by the doctors whether he can afford to re-join the middle finger for $12,000 or the side finger for $6000. These types of questions make the patients feel neglected and helpless without money.
Britain, another one of top industrialized country has health care free of cost and the medication cost no more than £6.65. World War II has brought lot of changes in health care in Britain. Since then, the health care was made free for the all people including the poor. National Health Service's doctors are paid by the government about £85,000/year.
Citizens of America that are living without any health insurance, have to move to other country when it comes to health. A young guy living in America for 13 years moved to France when he came to know, he was suffering from brain tumour. He moved to France for his treatment. It was free of cost and he was fully paid from his job in France as he was recovering from his disease. If the person had a pre-existing disease, they would give more care to those patients. The house call doctor who takes less than an hour to reach his destination is also free of cost.
The American rescue workers who volunteered in 9/11 are also neglected by the government. They are not medically treated and due to their illness, they are forced to quit the job.
Cuba, a small island also have a health care free of cost and the medication cost almost about nothing if converted in $.All the rescue workers were taken to Cuba for treatment by Michael Moore. The medicine that one of the rescue workers needed was only $0.05 in Cuba, whereas the same medicine was about $120 in America.
They were treated really well in Cuba and their life changed by those treatment. Cuba hospitals never asked for money or health insurance certificate. The only two things the needed was name and date of birth.
At the end of the review, it can be concluded that America one of the biggest power territory in the world use all the goods from other countries but not the health care system. The American health care services, ignores the citizens health problems and somewhat treats them as a garbage.
