Sick Around America Summary

Currently the organization of the Healthcare system within the United States is completely lop sided, and unrealistic. Normal good working citizens in society are being taken advantage of, or just being completely ignored. The video “Sick Around America” displays multiple examples of how healthcare in America is not accomplishing what it is supposed to. The personal accounts of the people in the video play a special part in its message because it explains the problem at an individual level. Through a reflection, I will explain what I found interesting, what I learned, and what I agree/disagree with its message. Immediately what is extremely interesting to see is how shady the healthcare companies are in the way that they treat people. In the private sector, …show more content…
With that, people that choose to not have a plan need to understand that they will be expected to pay full price for medical services. What I do not agree with is the way that people are treated by healthcare providers. Also that there are people that are stuck with not having healthcare. Everyone needs to have the ability to have healthcare because the price of care is much too high for the average citizen. In the United States people cannot truly survive without having some sort of healthcare. The video “Sick Around America” needs to be viewed by more people because it can be used as a wakeup call to show the magnitude of the healthcare problem in the United States. It is almost as if healthcare companies expect to just not really provide care. All they want to do is insure people with perfect health while banking massive amounts of profit. Insurance needs to be fixed not just for sick people but also for the American people as a whole so that everyone can have peace of mind knowing that they will be taken care