So, I saw the latest Michael Moore film, Sicko. Now, I have to preface this post by saying that it is quite difficult to keep from being carried away when Michael Moore presents such a compelling argument for why you should be carried away…but, I will do my very best to remain relatively objective if you, my reader, keep in mind that I am on Michael’s side of this issue anyway.
After watching this movie I hardly know where to begin with my reaction. Disgust, disappointment, dismay…and yet, I really don’t know why the highlighting of all of the problems with our healthcare system is such shock. I suppose it is because the movie is essentially depravity concetrate and if we were to add water (i.e. dilute the healthcare problems with all the other problems we are facing in this country), then it doesn’t seem so bad…at least for us relatively healthy individuals with some sort of insurance.
So, because there are so many issues raised by this movie, I have determined that I will attempt to do a little bit of balancing out of the facts presented in the film by Moore. For this, I shall turn to Wikipedia! No, just kidding–well, sort of…
So, please stay tuned…I need a bit of time to parse through the facts…
