Sicko
The must see movie of the year. Watched it this weekend (nice fathers day surprise!) and while it contains all the hallmarks of a Michael Moore film- humor, irony, and confrontation- it does so in a more balanced manner than his previous films.
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Some people- but sadly, not too many- might find “Sicko” surprising, but most of us know too well the insanity of our health care system in this country. The combined forces of big medicine and Congress, along with the blathering bunch of nitwits we call a media have successfully instilled in us the notion that in order to be healthy, you must be rich. The fact that most of the rest of the civilized world has figured out a way to pay for health care for everyone without running their country into the ground seemingly escapes us.
But in reality, it doesn’t escape anyone. As long as our countries health is a for profit system, then sick poor people will have either a poor quality of life- or die. And every morning, some white shirted ASSHOLE straightens his tie, or checks the hem on her skirt, and marches into work and gets busy saving the company money by denying claims, revoking policies, or by making premiums so hellishly expensive that normal people can’t pay. Every day thousands of “just doing my job” pricks make their stockholders another .000021 of a penny, and another family is ruined.
How do you look in the mirror? Do you have no shame? Michael Moore does. Watch Sicko.
