Sicko (2007)

"In the film, Moore states that the United States is the only industrialized nation that does not offer free basic health care to all of its citizens. The American system is compared to those of Canada, the United Kingdom and France, which have universal health care for their citizens.

In Canada, Moore speaks to his relatives and other Canadians about their health care system. He is then told about the contribution to the Canadian health system by Tommy Douglas, who was voted the Greatest Canadian in 2004. Moore then goes to a Canadian public hospital to interview a microsurgeon and people in the Emergency waiting room.

In the United Kingdom, Moore discovers that all pharmaceuticals are free of charge if younger than 16 and older than 60, and for everyone else they are subsidized so only a maximum of ₤6.65 is charged (reported as approximately US$10 in the movie but this figure can fluctuate depending on the exchange rate). When in a National Health Service (NHS) hospital, Moore attempts to find out about British patients' in-hospital expenses, only to be told laughingly that there are no out-of-pocket payments. He eventually finds a counter labeled "Cashier", only to learn that low-income patients actually receive money there to reimburse their trip to the hospital. This segment also includes interviews with British former Member of Parliament Tony Benn, an NHS general practitioner and an American woman residing in Great Britain.

In France, Moore interviews the head of O&G Department of a French hospital, and then a group of Americans living in France. He also rides along with a 24-hour French house-call medical service SOS Médecins in which a doctor makes visits to patients' homes, taking dispatch calls like a taxi driver.[6] Moore further learns that French government provides social services so far as to provide day care for $1 a day and do laundry for new mothers, as part of their job of providing neonatal support. He then interviews the local middle class to find out about the impact on their life due to heavier taxation to fund the universal health care system."


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