The American Healthcare System is a jumbled mess of privatization, bureaucracy, corruption, and greed. It’s rare to find an individual of the U.S who is actually a fan of the current system in place, so it gets you wondering why haven’t we changed it yet? Well, the answer is not as straightforward as one might think. In Michael Moore’s 2007 documentary, “Sicko”, Moore attempts to expose the root problems that plague our system, and while I truly do agree with his opinions, I must say out of conscious that there were some facts that were omitted. Nonetheless, the United States Healthcare System is fundamentally flawed to its very core, from its commodification of its citizen’s basic health, to the stipulation in place for acquiring healthcare.
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Healthcare System is riddled with far too common anecdotes of individuals not being able to afford the care the need. Left and right we are presented with frustration from these individuals about the system, even those who had quality health care were plagued with debt and not being able to acquire the treatment they needed. Healthcare is a privilege, not a right of the citizens in this country. In 2012, 80 million Americans said they had skipped or delayed getting needed health care or filling prescriptions because of the cost. More than a quarter (28 percent) of adults with a chronic health condition said they had skipped doses or not filled a prescription for their health condition because of the cost (ACA international, 2013). These are not statistics we should be seeing from a highly developed country like the U.S. It’s sickening to see that we allow these sorts of things to happen. Some of these people even have insurance, but as Moore states in his video, the deductibles for these private insurance companies can be so outrageously high that the individual simply can not pay them off. No one, no matter the status of the individual, should be deterred to seek professional medical care in a system whose sole purpose is to help those in
Healthcare System is riddled with far too common anecdotes of individuals not being able to afford the care the need. Left and right we are presented with frustration from these individuals about the system, even those who had quality health care were plagued with debt and not being able to acquire the treatment they needed. Healthcare is a privilege, not a right of the citizens in this country. In 2012, 80 million Americans said they had skipped or delayed getting needed health care or filling prescriptions because of the cost. More than a quarter (28 percent) of adults with a chronic health condition said they had skipped doses or not filled a prescription for their health condition because of the cost (ACA international, 2013). These are not statistics we should be seeing from a highly developed country like the U.S. It’s sickening to see that we allow these sorts of things to happen. Some of these people even have insurance, but as Moore states in his video, the deductibles for these private insurance companies can be so outrageously high that the individual simply can not pay them off. No one, no matter the status of the individual, should be deterred to seek professional medical care in a system whose sole purpose is to help those in