In modern day America there is heavy debate about the healthcare system currently instated in the United States. The debate itself is centered around how much power insurance and pharmaceutical companies should have. Many Americans believe that these companies are only focusing on making profit, not helping the sick, and thus more Americans today are pushing for centralized, government regulated healthcare. In Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko, the film clearly defines the major problems with America’s health system: the free-market system with prescription drugs, rising healthcare costs, and the many loopholes insurance companies can go through to deny Americans coverage.
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In the film Sicko it underlines the story of an older couple that had to sell their house and move in with their daughter due to the large amounts of deductibles from their insurance. The rising cost of insurance through deductibles is the exact reason why more Americans are dropping healthcare. In 2005, 50 million Americans did not have health insurance. What do these Americans, who do not have health insurance, do when they get sick? In the beginning of Sicko, the film shows the stories of multiple Americans who do not have health insurance. Their stories are short and concise with the alternatives they followed instead of insurance: one man sawed off the ends of two of his fingers. As a result, when he went to the emergency room they gave him two options with his fingers, he could only choose one finger to save. Many Americans pray they do not get sick because they do not have insurance; they have a point, in 2005, 18,000 Americans died because they did not have health insurance. However, these are just the stories of Americans who do not have insurance; Americans with insurance, including full coverage, should be perfectly fine,
America is one of the only technologically advanced countries in the …show more content…
In the film Sicko it underlines the story of an older couple that had to sell their house and move in with their daughter due to the large amounts of deductibles from their insurance. The rising cost of insurance through deductibles is the exact reason why more Americans are dropping healthcare. In 2005, 50 million Americans did not have health insurance. What do these Americans, who do not have health insurance, do when they get sick? In the beginning of Sicko, the film shows the stories of multiple Americans who do not have health insurance. Their stories are short and concise with the alternatives they followed instead of insurance: one man sawed off the ends of two of his fingers. As a result, when he went to the emergency room they gave him two options with his fingers, he could only choose one finger to save. Many Americans pray they do not get sick because they do not have insurance; they have a point, in 2005, 18,000 Americans died because they did not have health insurance. However, these are just the stories of Americans who do not have insurance; Americans with insurance, including full coverage, should be perfectly fine,