According to Michael Moore nearly 50 million Americans are without health insurance.
Approximately 18,000 of these people die each year as a result of being uninsured.
I believe these two sentences are the only true statements in the film.
Make no mistake; this film is not a documentary.
It is a biased point of view and a clever version of left-wing propaganda.
According to Princeton University the term “documentary” is defined as: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertional or fictional matter or interpretation.
Having had viewed a few of his films, I honestly found them obnoxious, annoying and grossly irresponsible.
Clearly his agenda is to cynically portray the United States government as a money-hungry machine, hell-bent on exploiting hard-working citizens and tactfully headed by an unqualified bumbling idiot.
In one scene Donna purchases inhalant medication in Cuba for 5 cents.
She was emotionally upset that she normally is forced to pay up to $120 for the same medicine in America.
What about the FDA? There is no absolute way to identify what that medication truly is.
Just because the labels are similar or because “Juan” working for $3 an hour behind the cash register says it is!
That’s not enough proof for me to ingest that mystery medicine into my body.
Additionally, if Mr. Moore is so convinced about or baffled with our government or health care system, why stay here? Why would he purposely or consciously reside in such a place?
Why not relocate to friendly Cuba, or better yet donate even a portion of the film’s proceeds to his unfortunate friends like Reggie, William, John or Donna?
Apart from my critical views of “Sicko,” I too have been personally affected by our health care system in three ways:
1. Between 1998 and 2000, I had a reoccurring problem with kidney stones and had no health insurance. Emergency room visits totaled over $19,000, and I was forced to file bankruptcy when I was 20 years old.
2. In 2002 my grandpa had serious cardiac complications and his insurance company denied payment for the necessary surgery.
My grandma couldn’t raise the money, and my grandpa died 72 hours later.
3. In 2006 I woke up with a sore throat and couldn’t afford a hospital visit.
Having no insurance the strep throat developed into scarlet fever. My father eventually paid for my E.R. visit.
Leaving my obvious distaste for Michael Moore’s tactics at the door, I do feel the health care system should be reformed.
However, the answer isn’t socialism simply because nothing is free.
Someone will always have to pay.
I guarantee you a government led by any president that is over $11 trillion in debt won’t foot the bill.
I am not a politician or an activist, but I feel the solution is an “Independent Medical Oversight Committee.”
This alliance of qualified professional’s sole purpose is to regulate the medical health care system. I believe the underlying problem is essentially “price gouging.”
Doctors overcharge insurance companies an astronomical amount, and that extra weight is then cast upon the customers.
Likewise, I presume that price regulation would not only be highly effective, but would be overall exceptionally smoother transition. When I say “smoother transition,” I mean it would benefit insurance companies and average Americans concurrently.
My theory is simple; exhaust all possible routes before we close our eyes and embrace a socialistic revolution.

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