The Flaws in America's Health Care System in Sicko by Michael Moore

However, this system has been a part of a never ending healthcare debate. Many argue that this system underperforms habitually as the deliverables are in no match to the amount of spending. The discussion has largely been based on government-mandate of universal health coverage plan and the costs of the healthcare in the country. This structure has repeatedly been questioned on it access, efficiency and quality. Several feel that the beneficiary is not the average American but insurance companies and health care lobbyists. Like everywhere else, where there is refute; there is reform. In the year 2004, the First Lady of the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s attempt to reform the healthcare scene by criticizing its basis and offering remedies was defeated by the Congress. In 2007, filmmaker Michael Moore’s, Sicko; denunciated the American healthcare system and how it affects its people.

Health care spending in the United States of America as a percentage of the economy has reached astonishing heights, equating to 17.7 percent. This number is shocking when compared to other counties; in Australia health care is 8.9 percent, in United Kingdom 9.4 percent, in Canada 11.2 percent. If the American health care system were to hypothetically become its own economy, it would be the fifth-largest in the world. While these statistics sound troubling, they lead us to look for answers about the problems surrounding our system. The first health insurance company was created in the 1930s to give all American families an equal opportunity for hospital care and eventually led to a nationwide economic and social controversy that erupted in the 1990s and continued to be shaped by the government, insurance companies, doctors, and American citizens. In this paper, I will go in to detail about the various opinions regarding the controversy, the history behind health insurance companies, and the main dilemmas brought out by the health care crisis. Greedy insurance companies combined with high costs of doctor visits and pharmaceutical drugs or the inefficient hospitals all over America can only describe the beginning to this in depth crisis. Recently, the United States health care industry has become know for the outrageous costs of insurance models, developments of various social and health services programs, and the frequent changes in medicinal technology.

Michael Moore depicts the American health care system as one that contains many flaws. He goes on to show different people who have not been able to afford the ridiculous sum of money to perform certain procedures. While scrutinizing the American health care system Michael ventures to Canada, France, Cuba and Great Britain in an attempt to compare health insurance and pharmaceuticals.

Article 1 claims that the establishment of a universal healthcare system would benefit the United states.This article supports its claim by providing Logos, Ethos, and Pathos in its argument. Examples of logos found in the text include, a statistic that states that in 2005 about 45 million Americans did not have health insurance. By including this statement, the editorial makes it it clear that many people in the US will benefit from a universal system of healthcare and makes the reader wonder how these people pay for doctor visits. In addition, the editorial states that the World Health Organization ranked the US at number 37th in terms of quality of care and adult morality rate. This gives the editorial a backbone so to speak since it

“Sicko” is a documentary produced by Michael Moore that focuses on health care in America.The documentary provides an in depth understanding and analysis of the unceasing health care problems in America. Most of these problems result from the corruption present in the American health insurance industry. The message that Michael Moore is trying to get across to his audience is that of the immortality within the American health care system. Michael Moore is able to get his message across to the public by incorporating the three rhetoric techniques of logos, pathos, and ethos. He uses logos by comparing America’s health insurance to those of other countries,

First, he uses pathos in his documentary by capturing the audience attention by comparing and contrasting our health care to other countries who have universal healthcare like France, Britain, Canada, and Cuda. Within a couple of scenes of the film Moore had demonstrated a man sowing his own knee, a man who needed to choose which finger he needed to pay for to get settled, and a 79-year-old man as yet attempting to pay for his remedies. This influences the watcher to express sensitivity for the general population affected by medical coverage organizations. Poignancy is Michael Moore's principle system to get his contention over. All through the documentary are heartbreaking family stories that are used to influence the

One of the most effective ways Moore draws our attention is by using real testimonies. By interviewing Americans who have been wronged by the health care system, he cleverly intertwines rhetoric to create a strong argument for universal health care. For example, after he presents the audience with a logos appeal, an ethos and/or pathos appeal will follow, or vice versa. Like a chain reaction, the appeals go hand in hand, making the viewer feel as if what they are seeing is real and not exaggerated. From the beginning, “Sicko” relies heavily on ethos and pathos to show that the health care industry is not sympathetic to the medical needs of

How many times have you heard, America has the best health care system in the world? This may be partially true however, Americans are paying the most for health care in the world. Actually, many wonder whether we 'd be better off adopting a universal health care system. The Unites States is the only industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care for its citizens. Many feel the health care system either costs too much, covers too little and virtually makes it impossible to obtain. Somewhere down the road many Americans have seemed to inherit a unique ideology, that health care must be “earned,” no matter how much or how little control a person has over their health status? There is a dark stigma among some that truly

“Sicko” is a documentary produced by Michael Moore that focuses on health care in America.The documentary provides an in depth understanding and analysis of the unceasing health care problems in America. Most of these problems result from the corruption present in the American health insurance industry. The message that Michael Moore is trying to get across to his audience is that of the immortality within the American health care system. Michael Moore is able to get his message across to the public by incorporating the three rhetoric techniques of logos, pathos, and ethos. He uses logos by comparing America’s health insurance to those of other countries, pathos by evoking both feelings of sadness and laughter, and ethos by personally visiting different countries and seeing for himself the profusion of apparent differences. In Part one of the documentary, Michael Moore mainly focuses on establishing the corruption and deception present in America’s health care industry. He built upon this corruption by conducting multiple interviews with previous and current employees of the industry. This established a strong sense of ethos as all the people being interviewed were people who have personally experienced work in the health care industry. One particularly significant interview was with a woman who currently worked in the health care industry. Her job required her to help people who were applying for health insurance. Although this may seem like a simple job, the interviewee

Michael Moore’s documentary, Sicko, spotlights health care in America in contrast to health care in other countries. The documentary produces a significant understanding of continuous health care issues. The message Michael Moore is attempting to rely on society is that of the indecency within the healthcare industry. Michael Moore’s desperation and the call of action in the documentary are emphasized by his solid interest in sentiments. Moore models pathos by visiting other countries and seeing for himself the abundance of the issue at hand.

All around the globe, in places including Britain, Canada, Cuba, France and many other countries the mere thought of pulling out a credit card and paying for health services in hospital seems ludicrous. This is because these countries all have free universal health care, meaning that the majority of health care cost are covered by the government. In other words it is free! However, this is not the case the United States of America, where healthcare is privately funded and covered by insurance companies. Michael Moore, in his documentary Sicko explores the flawed US health care system comparing it to countries with universal health care and resolves the current system is corrupt and full of injustices. Throughout the film interviews that the audience can empathize with are conducted making the viewer feel certain emotions leading them to believe that the American health insurance companies are full of is corruption. In addition, images of past events that viewers can resonate with stir up strong emotions and plant the seed of how flawed the health industry is. Furthermore, Moore literally casts himself as the lead character and is able to manipulate certain scenes in order to convey his message because he is able to guide the flow of the scene. By using several cinematic techniques such as good casting, relatable images and personable interviews Moore is able to construct his version of the American health industry, leading the viewer to believe

In, filmmaker, Michael Moore’s “Sicko” basic struggles between people and health insurances are pointed out. There is a centralized focus on how difficult insurances make the acceptability of their coverage. The slightest past history that the insurance deems within their ineligibility criteria, makes a person, in need of health coverage, suffer under thousand of dollars procedures. There was a patient in the documentary who needed two of his digits reattached but was given a choice of one which costed approximately $40,000 or the other which was only $12,000. Some people have even resorted to doing their own sutures in their unclean, unsterile homes. A patient was also denied care for a treatment for cancer because the hospital, that the patient’s

If we can find money to kill people, we can find money to help people. Why is it that so many Americans have medical bills debt or are dying because they are being denied the right to medical treatment? In the film Sicko Michael Moore argues that other countries have free health care and America doesn’t. He also claims that people with free health care in France, Canada, Britain, and Cuba live longer than Americans. Ones belief in the validity of the arguments presented on this film is that Michael Moore is evidently being truthful and he does this by presenting various real life examples.

The Michael Moore movie pointed to a myriad of issues relating to the American healthcare system that are both startling and interesting. The movie was produced before the Obama Administration signed the Affordable Care Act into law, but Sicko reports that nearly 50 million Americans do not have health insurance. About 18,000 Americans die each year because they don't have health insurance. The system is clearly broken, and politics seems to have been the reason that insurance companies keep a strangle hold on consumers. For example, Sicko reports that there are nearly four times as many lobbyists in Washington D.C. pushing for their clients' agenda as there are members of Congress.

The health care industry along with universal healthcare is the plot for his film Sicko. In this film, Moore opens the curtains on the crooked multi-billion dollar Health Care system that is in effect in the United States today. He explores the thoughts of people who have health insurance, who do not have health insurance, and countries who provide their citizens with universal health care. He explains how today if people do not own health insurance and get sick in