SICKO

I have mixed feelings about this movie because by the end of it, I felt like the point that was trying to be made was becoming exaggerated. Clearly, the United States healthcare system is in a troubled state and there are many flaws within the system. Most of us understood that there are millions of US citizens that are currently living without health insurance and services, however, it was a real eye opener to grasp the concept that there are also thousands of people who have health insurance that still cannot get the care they need because of the system we have in place.

The problem I had with the movie is how perfect it portrayed all of the other countries. Even if I knew nothing about these other healthcare systems, I would have a very hard time believing that any one of them is perfect; is what society is anything or everything perfect. There isn't one because we are humans and it is in our nature to learn from mistakes. Having spent time in some of the countries that were mentioned and studying/working in these healthcare environments, I recognize that some aspects are superior as well as some aspects being inferior to our current system.

Michael Moore tried to give a dramatic representation of how our country is failing its own citizens. It might have been too excessive for us to jump in and say that we need to alter our system to these other countries but at least he began to open the eyes to millions of Americans out there who didn't know what was going on. All I know is that it is going to take a heck of a lot more than a documentary film by Moore to get this country moving and implement a system that works for US, not the citizens of these other countries.