Nanny State Michael Moore Analysis

After watching Michael Moore’s controversial documentary Sicko and reading “The Nanny State” I felt that America was in big trouble as far as health care is concerned. Not only does Moore expose how bad our healthcare system actually is, he takes it the next step further by exploring how to fix it and he does that by going to other countries who have already done just that. It’s impossible not to relate to it, since it’s a movie about common fears we all face.
At first, he isn’t telling us anything we don’t already know. Anyone who has spent any time dealing with insurance companies knows what a mess is. You pay your deductibles and then when you actually need them they go out of the way not to help you. Sicko isn’t only about the 50 million people who don’t have health insurance, it’s also about the 250 million of us that do and are in just as much trouble.
Moore goes on to talk about how the American system of health insurance is a disaster, while that of a state- run system, like the ones that exist pretty much everywhere else except America would be much better. This argument is illustrated with statistics- terrible stories about Americans denied healthcare who are forced into bankruptcy to pay for it. Moore
We should not be ranked # 37 for health care. America needs to look after its people just like other countries but instead American people are among the most disease ridden people for advanced nations. We spend more on health care then anyone, we pay the highest prices for medications, and were constantly told that we have the best medical technology in the world. But if our health care system is really so good why do 50 million Americans not have health insurance? Why are the hospitals dumping uninsured patients on the street, abandoning the sick to protect profits while our politicians negotiate on behalf of pharmacutical companies to make sure Americans pay the highest prices in the world for