I've just seen Sicko - it's very good, and quite depressing.

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Allie hunter

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I'm not even an American and I still felt pissed off about the state of healthcare over there.

The first 20 mins of cases of people receiving crappy healthcare is alright. Then he started getting into HMOs and their tactics which was really interesting (surprisingly).

The film is at it's peak when it's showing the healthcare systems in Canada, England, France, Cuba and it really digs in deep.

If you're an American it's an essential movie to see, and if you're living in a country with universal healthcare it's a great way to see how lucky you are. The NHS has it's problems, but those problems are miniscule, negligible, and not worth even discussing when compared to the huge overreaching problems in american healthcare.

The most telling parts of it are when the infant mortality rates, and the average lifespan are compared from the US to other countries.

The the 9/11 stuff was nicely done to, the plight of those volunteer rescue workers was sad to watch. I teared up about three times whilst watching the film.

The montage clips of 'socialised medicine' was hilarious. And the Nixon tapes were stunning - I had to rewind just to make sure I'd just heard what I thought I had, especially with his announcement the next day.

All in all a good film. Not as entertaining as Bowling, but I'd honestly say it's his most important movie yet.
 
I've seen it. It highlights reason #2243493 why the USA sucks.

I shall NEVER complain about the service the NHS provides for us again!!!! EVER!
 
With the increase of (mostly very good) documentaries that have been released over the last couple of years, there are obviously two sides to every story and it's important to remember that when watching.

However, you can't deny the facts - and some of the peoples stories highlighted in the film (of healthcare in the US) are downright shocking.

I know eveyone complains about the NHS, but it really opens your eyes to how lucky we are in the UK. I highly recommend it if you get a chance to see it.
 
The fact is the majority of Americans do not have problems with healthcare. I have never once had trouble with a healthcare provider, so to say that the picture painted in Sicko is the reality for most Americans is false. (That said, I do agree that there is a big problem with many people here not having affordable healthcare.)
 
Again, two sides to every story. I've never had any problems with healthcare in the US. In fact, here in Hawaii it is mandatory for employers to provide health benefits to workers. BUT you have to have a job in order to qualify, but with 2% unemployment, that shouldn't be too difficult.

Somebody could make a documentary on the healthcare in the UK too I suppose, in fact, here is a recent article about Britons pulling out their own teeth (literally) due to a dentist shortage. So, if this article is from the NY times, am I to surmise that you all are ripping out your teeth? SounRAB painful. But luckily I realize there are two sides to this story. Why can't you give us the benefit of the doubt as well? MMoore has his own agenda. Some good. Some bad. I dont and have never known anybody who has not had any good healthcare.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/world/europe/07teeth.html?ex=1183521600&en=693e3dcc71ccf3f0&ei=5070
 
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