Sicko

Margarette 2022-04-21 09:02:41

I really liked this documentary. As
a director, Michael Moore must be extremely successful. He managed to persuade me to believe that the United States has the worst health care system which cannot be compared with Canada, France and even Cuba, its imaginary enemy.
The people interviewed said the same thing: when you go to the hospital for help, the doctor, the doctor whose duty is to save lives and heal the wounded, will price every part of your body according to the requirements of the insurance company, and then let you make a choice: middle finger 60,000, ring finger 12,000, take it or not?
the most horrible thing is that before you take some medicine or receive a surgery which may cure your disease, you must ask your insurance's opinion first. It's your body but it is in your hand.
I cannot believe, that is the United of States, a country claiming that it is the mot democratic and happiest one.
I am sure that Michael Moore exaggerate other countries' advantages for the sake of highlighting America's terrible system.
I don't agree with some articles that the biggest difficulty in American health care reform is that the people oppose the government's meddling in things too much; I more agree with Michael Moore's point of view: it is caused by the collusion between the government and large medical insurance companies.

Chinese translation, I prefer neurological patients: When Michael Moore did a random interview in many hospitals in France, I felt that he is sicko. The translation of medical insider is too straightforward.

The purpose of Michael Moore's film is clearly to break the American dream in many hearts, so the clips and examples he uses are somewhat extreme and far from comprehensive. But empty blood can't come to the wind, so the film still has a strong practical significance. Of course, there is no need for people to completely lose hope in the United States because of one movie, but blindly believing in everything is always wrong. Any country has its own good and bad. The key depends on how you measure and evaluate it. After all, everyone has different ideas.

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Sicko quotes

  • Michael Moore: There are nearly 50 million Americans with no health insurance. They pray every day they don't get sick because 18,000 of them will die this year, simply because they're uninsured. But this movie isn't about them. It's about the 250 million of you who have health insurance. Those of you who are living the American Dream.

  • Michael Moore: I always thought health insurance companies were there to help us. So, I posted a note on the Internet asking people if they had had any similar stories.Within 24 hours, I had over 3,700 responses. And by the end of the week, over 25,000 people had sent me their healthcare horror stories. Some of them decided not to wait for me to get back to them. Like Doug Noe, who took matters into his own hands, without my permission. His daughter was nine months old when they discovered she was going deaf. His health insurance company, CIGNA, said they'd pay for an implant in only one of her ears. According to the letter they sent, it's experimental for her to hear in two ears.