For the very first time last night I watched Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” And I was sick.
For some reason I had always avoided it. I am not sure why. When it started I didn’t expect much, but decided to watch anyway. Even allowing for his excesses and showboating at times, what I saw last night was heart crushing. We are killing each other. Insurance companies do business by trying as hard as they can not to insure anything. Ordinary people who have the misfortune to get sick find out that they have less protection than criminals. In Tennessee if you have no insurance and are sick I sometimes wonder if you need to consider going to prison where you will get the care you need.
We pride ourselves on being the most advanced and civilized place in the world, but a bunch of other countries understand something we don’t. Life is about we and not about me. Certain things should be automatic. Health care is one. We shouldn’t have to worry ourselves to death.
If you haven’t seen it see the movie. See if you don’t get sick too.
