Review: SiCKO – the new Michael Moore film
After Fahrenheit 9/11, the latest documentary from acclaimed writer-filmmaker Michael Moore is Sicko - his commentary on the US healthcare system which according to him is the worst of all the Western countries.
After seeing the movie (or any of his other documentaries) one has to say that only Michael Moore can make a documentary that is so watch-able, so funny, so shocking, and not to mention so persuasive.
Moore presents an absolute horror image of healthcare in America, which for those of you who don’t know, is a totally privatised enterprise, unlike the nationalised healthcare systems of Britain (NHS) and other Western European countries.
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November 9th, 2007 at 10:18 am
British National Health Service is not any better.
I had a high fever, I went to my GP, his secretary asked me to come back after 7 days. When I had started shouting, I got an appointment, but to be told by my GP to buy some Lemslip and sleep. So I had to call up some friends who may know some Indian doctor to get a proper prescription or advice.
My neighbour next door got another experience. He went to the doctor(GP) when he has a stroke, could not walk, his eyes are full of blood; his GP did not bother to send him to the hospital, gave nothing at att but asked him to go to a private opthamologist, which has in turn reserved a hospital appointment for him after 6 months only to examine his eyes. He got fed up and went back to his own country in Germany and got immediate hospitalization.
It is better to live in India, at least if you have some money you can go to a hospital. In Britain, GP will never send you and you will die.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Money being creamed off by Drug giants, Private companies and undeserving/unqualified individuals?
I’m afraid this is rife within the NHS today as well and MUCH worse under New labour.