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To the moderators of this site: I understand that this post is "off topic", and I apologize. After watching this film, I am simply trying to tell as many people about it as i possibly can.
Watch the Movie "Sicko".
Michael moore's new film "Sicko" is something that I recommend that everyone watch. If you are not disgusted with our government and the health care system in this country after watching this film, there is something wrong with you.
The movie talks very briefly about the number of Americans that do not have health insurance, but it mainly points out how bad our health care system is for people who actually do have health insurance.
There are so many examples in this film of how corrupt the insurance industry and health care in our country have become. Insurance companies actually have people on their payroll who's job, is to find any reason that they can come up with to deny your claim.
One example that had me disgusted, was a woman who racked up $8,000. in hospital bills. Everything should have been covered under her insurance policy, and in fact was at first payed for by her insurance. Until, her insurance company did some digging and found out that 7 years prior, she had had a yeast infection. A simple yeast infection that simply called for a tube of ointment. Since she had failed to disclose the yeast infection (again, from 7 years prior), the insurance company "dropped" her and she was left with $8,000. in hospital bills that should have been covered by her insurance.
The film shows one example after another of people who have health insurance, and yet find themselves in huge financial trouble because of the corruption in our health care system. Those are the lucky ones. The film also gives many examples of people who needlessly died because their insurance company refused to cover the illnesses that they were suffering from, or because their insurance would only work at, or with, certain health care providers. An example that I recall, was a mother who took her daughter to the nearest hospital, with a fever of over 104. Her insurance was no good at that particular hospital, and they refused to even look at her daughter. By the time that she managed to get across town to a hospital that did accept her particular insurance, her daughter died, and couldn't be revived.
Politically, the film gives you a few very good examples of how corrupt our government is when it comes to health care. Starting with recordings of Richard Nixon discussing heath insurance over the phone with another man. The part of the conversation that makes you say "Holy Shit", is where Nixon and this guy talk about how much profit there is to be made in the health care industry, if only more claims could be denied and less care given. The very day after this conversation, Nixon was on television pushing his new health care policy. Very disgusting.
Another example was of Republican Congressman Billy Tosman. He managed to get a bill put through congress that allowed the drug companies to charge whatever they wanted for drugs. In his speeches he kept repeating "nobody loves their mother any more than I love mine." He pushed the bill as a way to lower drug costs for seniors. It actually allowed drug companies to charge whatever they wanted, and made the drugs even more expensive. After the bill was passed, 14 congressional aides involved with getting this bill passed, quit their jobs on the hill and went to work for the health care industry. Congressman Tosman himself left congress to take a job as CEO of Pharma, the drug industry lobby, for a salary of 2 MILLION dollars a year. Blatant corruption slapping every single one of us in the face.
The film gives many many more sad examples of the corruption in our health care/insurance industry. Yet it becomes even sadder, when you take into consideration that compared to other countries, our country ranks 28'th in health care for its citizens. There are 3rd world countries with better health care than ours. In most countries, health care is totally free, paid for by taxes, just like police service, and fire fightingl, and the film does a great job of pointing that out with many many examples.
I could go on and on about the things that I learned in this film, but I think you should really watch it yourself. I am not the type of person to tell anyone else what they should or should not watch, but in this case, I have to make an exception, I cannot possibly reccomend that you watch this film enough.
Watch the Movie "Sicko".
Michael moore's new film "Sicko" is something that I recommend that everyone watch. If you are not disgusted with our government and the health care system in this country after watching this film, there is something wrong with you.
The movie talks very briefly about the number of Americans that do not have health insurance, but it mainly points out how bad our health care system is for people who actually do have health insurance.
There are so many examples in this film of how corrupt the insurance industry and health care in our country have become. Insurance companies actually have people on their payroll who's job, is to find any reason that they can come up with to deny your claim.
One example that had me disgusted, was a woman who racked up $8,000. in hospital bills. Everything should have been covered under her insurance policy, and in fact was at first payed for by her insurance. Until, her insurance company did some digging and found out that 7 years prior, she had had a yeast infection. A simple yeast infection that simply called for a tube of ointment. Since she had failed to disclose the yeast infection (again, from 7 years prior), the insurance company "dropped" her and she was left with $8,000. in hospital bills that should have been covered by her insurance.
The film shows one example after another of people who have health insurance, and yet find themselves in huge financial trouble because of the corruption in our health care system. Those are the lucky ones. The film also gives many examples of people who needlessly died because their insurance company refused to cover the illnesses that they were suffering from, or because their insurance would only work at, or with, certain health care providers. An example that I recall, was a mother who took her daughter to the nearest hospital, with a fever of over 104. Her insurance was no good at that particular hospital, and they refused to even look at her daughter. By the time that she managed to get across town to a hospital that did accept her particular insurance, her daughter died, and couldn't be revived.
Politically, the film gives you a few very good examples of how corrupt our government is when it comes to health care. Starting with recordings of Richard Nixon discussing heath insurance over the phone with another man. The part of the conversation that makes you say "Holy Shit", is where Nixon and this guy talk about how much profit there is to be made in the health care industry, if only more claims could be denied and less care given. The very day after this conversation, Nixon was on television pushing his new health care policy. Very disgusting.
Another example was of Republican Congressman Billy Tosman. He managed to get a bill put through congress that allowed the drug companies to charge whatever they wanted for drugs. In his speeches he kept repeating "nobody loves their mother any more than I love mine." He pushed the bill as a way to lower drug costs for seniors. It actually allowed drug companies to charge whatever they wanted, and made the drugs even more expensive. After the bill was passed, 14 congressional aides involved with getting this bill passed, quit their jobs on the hill and went to work for the health care industry. Congressman Tosman himself left congress to take a job as CEO of Pharma, the drug industry lobby, for a salary of 2 MILLION dollars a year. Blatant corruption slapping every single one of us in the face.
The film gives many many more sad examples of the corruption in our health care/insurance industry. Yet it becomes even sadder, when you take into consideration that compared to other countries, our country ranks 28'th in health care for its citizens. There are 3rd world countries with better health care than ours. In most countries, health care is totally free, paid for by taxes, just like police service, and fire fightingl, and the film does a great job of pointing that out with many many examples.
I could go on and on about the things that I learned in this film, but I think you should really watch it yourself. I am not the type of person to tell anyone else what they should or should not watch, but in this case, I have to make an exception, I cannot possibly reccomend that you watch this film enough.
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