The Movie Escape Fire
The film “Escape Fire” is a documentary that breaks down the American healthcare system and gives an insight on information that most people may not know or have access to. The movie is primarily about promoting health and prevention of disease while describing how the healthcare system works financially, morally and how we as patients fit into the whole ordeal. It also shows us how United States veterans receive care and coping mechanisms that are not just for soldiers of war, but for everyone, such as acupuncture, meditation, and yoga. Health professionals tell how changing your lifestyle and behaviors can reverse heart disease, prevent illness such as diabetes and cancer, and have a positive impact on your everyday living with nothing but
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I say healthcare with quotations because it’s not really healthcare, it’s more sick care. Like a physician in the film said “We have a disease care system, it doesn’t want you to die and it doesn’t want you to get well” because the longer you stay sick and in need of treatment, Insurance companies continue making money. One of the issues with American healthcare is the prevention to problem solving ratio, people are treated, at least temporarily, for issues and illness that could have been easily prevented or even reversed with the right diet and activity level while saving billions. I visited http://www.commonwealthfund.org to find out how Americas health care compared to other countries and found “Data from the OECD show that the U.S. spent 17.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care in 2013. This was almost 50 percent more than the next-highest spender (France, 11.6% of GDP) and almost double what was spent in the U.K. (8.8%). U.S. spending per person was equivalent to $9,086”. If we as a people were to take better care of our bodies and overall being their wouldn’t be as much need for dangerous medication and these big insurance corporations who are making their rates as high as they want and getting away with it. One healthcare salesman from the movie actually stated that “You almost forget it’s real people and their health you’re dealing with, not just money and numbers”. Many
I say healthcare with quotations because it’s not really healthcare, it’s more sick care. Like a physician in the film said “We have a disease care system, it doesn’t want you to die and it doesn’t want you to get well” because the longer you stay sick and in need of treatment, Insurance companies continue making money. One of the issues with American healthcare is the prevention to problem solving ratio, people are treated, at least temporarily, for issues and illness that could have been easily prevented or even reversed with the right diet and activity level while saving billions. I visited http://www.commonwealthfund.org to find out how Americas health care compared to other countries and found “Data from the OECD show that the U.S. spent 17.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care in 2013. This was almost 50 percent more than the next-highest spender (France, 11.6% of GDP) and almost double what was spent in the U.K. (8.8%). U.S. spending per person was equivalent to $9,086”. If we as a people were to take better care of our bodies and overall being their wouldn’t be as much need for dangerous medication and these big insurance corporations who are making their rates as high as they want and getting away with it. One healthcare salesman from the movie actually stated that “You almost forget it’s real people and their health you’re dealing with, not just money and numbers”. Many