Sicko by Micheal Moore (2007)

Recommendation: A must watch, haha..videos i put here, definitely appeal to me, but i rather put documentary which has facts and lessons which can be applicable in our present and future live. Watching documentary, reading biography, listening to others' views, will expand one's mind, absorbing different perspectives and gain experience within that short time w/o having to physically experience it and using more time to learn that mistake or experience.

Description: A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories.

http://www.megavideo.com/ep_gr.swf?v=6GLO6VSV (Streaming link)

Below plot sypnosis is from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/synopsis

Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by our health care insurance companies -- companies who sacrifice essential health services in order to maximize profits. The consequences for the individual subscribers range from bankruptcy to the unnecessary deaths of loved ones.

Moore then looks at universal free health care systems in Canada, France, Britain, and Cuba, debunking all the fears (lower quality of care, poorer compensation for doctors, big-government bureaucracy) that have been used to dissuade Americans from establishing such a system here. The roots of those health care systems are explored, and our failure to establish free health here care is traced to a) President Richard Nixon's deceptive support of the then-emerging HMOs pursuing huge profits and b) subsequent pressures for Congress to sacrifice sound health care in favor of corporate profit.

A group of Americans who became ill from volunteering at 911 Ground Zero, but were refused health coverage for their illnesses, are ferried by Moore to Cuba, where they receive the top-rate, free care one would hope they'd get here at home.

In his interviews, historical reportage, and typical sarcastic wit, Moore soundly condemns American health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies, as well as the politicians who have been paid millions to do their bidding. He makes the case that there is something wrong with Americans that we cannot learn from the successes of other countries in providing better quality-of-health than we enjoy in the USA.

My views: This video increase my awareness on impact of different government health systems, the society system and how it can drastically change the way people behave. It leads me to ponder whether my country system is it similar to America, does our insurance company runs this manner, do our people suffer in silence? Questions are raised upon viewing this documentary. I will have to do my research, if it does, i have to make plans...