Sicko

This is a documentary made by Michael Moore in 2007. This film focuses on health care in America and shows the way health care is handled in other countries such as Canada and in the U.K. Moore also exposes the way health insurance companies try to deliberately find ways to cover a health issue one of their clients has. Moore also goes into the industry of pharmaceutical companies. This film shows the comparisons between the U.S. non-universal health care system that is for profit and the universal non-profit health care systems of France, Canada, U.K. and Cuba.

In this film there were many interviews with people who are uninsured and people that were insured. In most cases those people that were insured were still denied coverage. Moore went to France, Canada, Cuba, and the U.K. and gave the audience a firsthand look at what free universal health care was like. Former employees of these companies and hospitals even came forward and admitted to denying coverage for something that cost someone there life. Another former employee of an insurance company would try to find anything he could, even if it was the smallest detail, in order to prevent giving someone coverage for a medical need.

The topic for this documentary is a heavily debated one and something that causes heated arguments. Right now the U.S. is currently in the middle of the free health care debate. There are two sides to this argument and everyone has their own opinion. I recommend watching this documentary in order to become more educated about the issue of health care. Whether or not anyone has a side on this matter this is still a very interesting documentary to watch and hear the stories of the individuals presented in this film.

Below is the link for the trailer for Sicko:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJyyyRYbSk