Sicko is a documentary filmed by Michael Moore that examines the United States healthcare in great detail. Michael Moore is known as a director who questions certain ideologies and controversies that are floating in our society. Moore’s films include “Bowling for Columbine,” “Fahrenheit 9/11,” and “Sicko.” Moore has been labeled as anti-american and a rebellious critic of our nation. Others think differently of Moore’s critiques of how things function within our nation. Either way, Sicko portrays our national healthcare in a way that is agreeable to everyday citizens.

Sicko addresses the nation’s healthcare issues such as rising costs, insurance companies, politics relating to healthcare, and other countries insurance policies such as the National Health Service. Moore follows and questions several citizens of Canada, London, America, and tries to grasp societies views on certain aspects of how healthcare should be. Moore also talks to people that have had bad experiences with healthcare and why they believe it should be changed in the United States. Statistically, over 50 million Americans are without health insurance, and 18,000 of them die each year. Moore paints this picture to show what is wrong with the system, and tries to convince viewers that a drastic change should be made.

There are other issues that are more detailed such as bankruptcy due to payments in healthcare, pre-existing conditions which Clinton tried to address and failed to do so, and the many elderly individuals who have to work in their “golden years” to pay for medication. This film tries to put the blame on the insurance companies, politicians, and doctors who are all in the “game” for the revenue because they are being made filthy rich. Healthcare has lost sight of what it was originally intended to be used for, and many people are forsaken and left behind in a large bulk of money and debt.

Moore’s examination of the National Health Service and his trip with the individuals to be treated show that healthcare should be about the patient and not the revenue. The end of Sicko shows Moore taking a few individuals who needed to be treated for conditions but were unable to be treated in the U.S. to another place to see a doctor. These individuals were lucky enough to get the treatment that they needed, but yet many others in America are in the same situation. Moore is trying to make a point that America should be worried about their sick people and care for their brothers and sisters. This analysis of the system is certainly agreeable towards the health care in the country, and it is sad to see the ones who are unable to get the treatment they deserve.

On a more personal note relating to the movie, there is a family that have a daughter with a cochlear implant. The insurance company was unwilling to pay for a second cochlear implant because it was “experimental,” and research has shown me that implantation has been debated and created since the 1980’s. I am a wearer of the cochlear implant and it has improved my way of life, but like that small girl I have also been denied a second implant by my insurance company. This film hits deeply with me because I have had to deal with insurance all of my life and I know exactly how people in Moore’s film feel. In conculsion to the film, America is a great country to live and hopefully there will be some way to help the poor and the sick people that need a helping hand.