Sicko (Special Edition)

This is an excelent documentary ! Here in Brazil it is the same. It is the real truth !! Congratulations.

I don't know about you, but I am scared to death. In-between me and my doctor, sits a corporate administrative layer, who decides what treatment I may receive and what they will cover, based mainly on their profit projections! This movie expertly analyzes the U.S. health care system, which is the most costly in the world, per person, and then compares that with other health care systems. I leave it to you, to decide which yields the better results.

If an impoverished nation like Cuba can have free, universal health care, why can't the United States?? How many people have to die? Our average life expectancy is lower than many other countries. Does the governement just not care, or are our lawmakers too deep in the pockets of health care lobbyists? Look around you. Someone you know can't afford to get sick. It's time to do something about it, and it starts from the top up. Election 2008!

As one of the newly uninsured in the US (I have VA medical coverage which is NOT considered 'credible coverage'by insurance companies!) I cannot locate a policy which I can afford and which affords me coverage for so called pre-existing conditions.

I was furious when I realized the inmates in Guantanamo, US prisons and our Congress have better insurance than the average American citizen! The most powerful and industrialized country in the world and we do not take care of our own. Moore hit the nail on the head with this one!

Please don't get me wrong. I agree with Moore's points 100% regarding the state of health insurance and the power pharma companies exploitat in the United States. As a matter of fact I agree with pretty much all of his points he makes in whatever TV show or documentary he's entertaining us with. Unfortunately he often bends the truth a bit too much to make for a believable case and Sicko is no different.

Moore is once again far fetching with some of his evidence. I grew up in Western Europe. And if you think that the French middle class couple portrayed in the documentary is your typical French family you might want to dig a bit deeper. I suggest you look into why cars were burning in a dozen French cities two years ago and you will find out about the turmoils France is really going through in terms of "social well being for all". It isn't by far the pretty picture Moore is painting here.

As for the health care system in Great Britain: It has been for decades the laughing stock of other Western European nations. Why? Because it is an absolute disaster and has been for as long as I can remember. The British governement has been struggling for many years in revamping its system. It certainly isn't plagued by the idiosynchracies and corporate power plays the US health care is going through. But once again, you're better off not believeing that you're going to get better health care by moving to London.

I'm giving Moore 2 stars for raising an issue that needs more attention however as someone who condones objective documentarians instead of propaganda I am reluctant to give Sicko more. Sorry, Mike.