Sicko Movie Analysis
Lindell Edwards
SOCI 4330_6B
Chang
July 19, 2013
Sicko
According to this film, the United States medical system seems to look out for the business itself versus the American people. The United States medical system focuses more on the reasons to reject a person and save money rather than to save their reputation and keep the business coming. The U.S. medical system does extensive background checks and many different things could be the reasons that you cannot get the help you need. The biggest problem I see is not so much as the amount the health insurance costs but moreover the coverage offered or received.
The limitations that are put on these policies are not good and there should be some kind of compromise involved; like …show more content…
He felt this to be necessary in order to fix the small problems within the healthcare system that needed to be addressed. He thought this was a way for insurance companies to no longer turn people away due to their medical conditions and make the pre-existing medical conditions acceptable. It is basically still the government controlling the healthcare system completely. He also made available for some states to be able to extend their policies for state insurance to some that are considered low income families. I support what Obama is fighting for simply because no one should be denied any kind of health coverage. This film shows many instances where there were people with cancer and they were absolutely covered but the insurance acted as if they were the doctors and made the decision to go against the doctor’s advice and say they were too young or that the problem was not serious enough for them to pay for it; which in turn left them either seeking other options or …show more content…
I think the difference in the way we as Americans live is the main and true reason as to why this cannot happen. I also believe that although this sounds good, there is a downfall to it all and one of the biggest that I see with the free universal health care system is people protecting themselves. I believe that as long as people know they can walk into a hospital and get the care they need without paying or signing something that will make them careless. Some may began to think since they can get the help they need at any given time, why protect myself from anything. That is almost like a teenage girl learning sex and gets pregnant, but she knows she can just simply go to get an abortion at no cost. How is it possible for people to learn lessons from mistakes made through health with health care systems such as
SOCI 4330_6B
Chang
July 19, 2013
Sicko
According to this film, the United States medical system seems to look out for the business itself versus the American people. The United States medical system focuses more on the reasons to reject a person and save money rather than to save their reputation and keep the business coming. The U.S. medical system does extensive background checks and many different things could be the reasons that you cannot get the help you need. The biggest problem I see is not so much as the amount the health insurance costs but moreover the coverage offered or received.
The limitations that are put on these policies are not good and there should be some kind of compromise involved; like …show more content…
He felt this to be necessary in order to fix the small problems within the healthcare system that needed to be addressed. He thought this was a way for insurance companies to no longer turn people away due to their medical conditions and make the pre-existing medical conditions acceptable. It is basically still the government controlling the healthcare system completely. He also made available for some states to be able to extend their policies for state insurance to some that are considered low income families. I support what Obama is fighting for simply because no one should be denied any kind of health coverage. This film shows many instances where there were people with cancer and they were absolutely covered but the insurance acted as if they were the doctors and made the decision to go against the doctor’s advice and say they were too young or that the problem was not serious enough for them to pay for it; which in turn left them either seeking other options or …show more content…
I think the difference in the way we as Americans live is the main and true reason as to why this cannot happen. I also believe that although this sounds good, there is a downfall to it all and one of the biggest that I see with the free universal health care system is people protecting themselves. I believe that as long as people know they can walk into a hospital and get the care they need without paying or signing something that will make them careless. Some may began to think since they can get the help they need at any given time, why protect myself from anything. That is almost like a teenage girl learning sex and gets pregnant, but she knows she can just simply go to get an abortion at no cost. How is it possible for people to learn lessons from mistakes made through health with health care systems such as