erika-2-160114 It was too hard to watch to see all the bad things that could happen when people do not get the things that they need. One thing i liked is that the film told it as it is and not cover things up.

jazzymurray98 It amazes me how f**k up the American system is. People say that the biggest threat to the American citizens six the terrorist, the drug wars, and gangs, when in reality the greatest threat to the people are our own Insurance companies. I mean my god, Health Insurance companies kill more people than any terrorist, and all the sh*t we've heard about how awful socialist health care is is all total bullshit. My jaw dropped when I found out that you can go to a hospital in Canada and or France for free. When they said the French government offers maids to parents, I laughed my a** off because it seemed so absurd to me, but it was true. Obviously, taxes are a nightmare in socialist countries, but if it means not having to choose between drowning in debt or saving your child's life then by all means tax me! I can very easily relate to this movie because I've lost five family members on both my mom's and dad's side because of their crappy insurance companies. My grandma had breast cancer and diabetes, but because those diseases were hereditary she was denied coverage for her medication and died a horrible and painful death at age 60. My 20-year-old aunt went deaf at 12 because she contracted an ear infection and she was denied money needed to get the an implant required to fix her ears, but her health insurance declined coverage because they said the implants were experimental. I've lost so many loved ones because of the damn insurance company, and of course, no one gave a sh*t because not only were they poor but also black. I know people like to pretend that the health departed doesn't discriminate, but they do so just accept the truth. We're not free; we're a country where money rules and if you don't have that you might as well buy a gun and shoot yourself. I'm afraid to drive my car because what if I get in an accident, because at fault and end up bankrupt and be thrown out of a hospital while dying of cancer. All I can say is 6 years from now I'm kissing America goodbye.

saul luizaga This review contains spoilers, you have been warned.10 stars because it was a social justice master piece, Michael-angelo's work of art hilariously exposing the crap that is the USA capitalist "health care" system, the cowardliness, hypocrisy and arbitrary bias and prejudice of politicians and rich people, and how the US people, just let the US Gov. screw them over everyday, while doing nothing about it, even when death and tragedy strikes real people with real health needs, that "the most powerful Country in the World" should and easily could cover it, but ironically fails miserably at it, the sole reason being inhumane greed, promoted by the short sighted and self-destructive Capitalist Economic System. Also ironically you don't need more Capialism in a Market Economy to feel more free and disproportionate profitble, through selfishness and competition, it was demonstrated that cooperation, generosity, compassion through empathy and love, are clearly the answer, because it works great!This is why I advocate for a Resource-Based Economy, the rational, fair and efficient way to allocate resources for every human on Earth; read more and help transition to it, at thevenusproject.com and thezeitgeistmovement.com and theresourcebasedeconomy.com. First we must educate ourselves, through Science what is it, why is a god solution and how to transition.

xxxloroxxxx Michael Moore has always been controversial. And, as all conflictive people, you can only love him or hate him. Because of this his messages are, very often, misunderstood or simply dismissed. I will not align myself 100% with Moore politically but his message in Sicko got to me loud and clear. Some reviewers have criticized this documentary for, according to them, telling total lies or half-truths at best. Of course, we all know that the US Health System is not as bad as Michael portrays it and the systems in place in the UK, France, Canada and Cuba are not as fantastic as he shows them to be. But it's only natural that Moore would carefully select the appropriate examples to make the point he's trying to get across, isn't it? I know of some examples of my own that he could have easily included in Sicko had he known about them. An Argentinian friend of mine went to Spain on vacation, suffered severe food poisoning and had to be treated at a local hospital for a day and a half. He was expecting a substantial hospital bill but when he was discharged he was told his treatment was free as Spanish Social Security pays for all health care expenses for, not just Spaniards but also, foreigners while legally in Spain. He also told me the care he received was top notch. So these things do happen, they're not a figment of Michael Moore's imagination. But let's get to the main topic of Sicko. Should health care be afforded everyone in the USA for free or not? I am no communist and I still believe it should. I cannot imagine any obligation that should be more important to any government on earth than to protect the well being of their citizens.And we have the money to pay for health care but our government chooses to use it elsewhere. I cringe when I hear how much we're spending in building yet more fighter planes, bombs or any device manufactured with the sole purpose of killing other human beings. The LGM-118 Peacekeeper ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) cost $400 million apiece and 114 were built thru 1998 alone. Each F-177 stealth fighter comes at $111.2 million each and they were all retired in 2008. The bigger stealth bomber (Northrop Grumman B-2) came with a price tag of $737 million per unit and $44.6 billion total program cost thru 2004. We built all these weapons, spent fortunes and never got to use but a few of the planes in Iraq. We threw away billions of dollars while people at home could not pay for health services as they were losing their homes. We're still building weapons we don't really need just because of the scare tactics and lobbying by Northrop Grumman, Boeing and the likes. The USA is already, by far, the most heavily armed military in the world and their latest budget is higher than the combined budgets of the eight nations that follow us. And Congress actually believes it's better to spend an additional 2 trillion in 2014 than to pursue health care reform!If we used this money to take care of our poor and specially our sick....I believe we'd be a much better country. Quite frankly, I very much prefer my tax dollars be used for taking care of our people than to ensure we're more capable of killing others abroad.That's Michael Moore's message in Sicko and I, for one, wholeheartedly have to agree. Don't let whatever personal dislike, or even hatred, you may have for the guy obscure this simple fact. Moore may be a Marxist, a reactionary or whatever you choose to label him but...on this particular occasion he's totally right!!!! Let's get our priorities straight...