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ScribdTranslationsPlot of the movie Sicko
Sicko is a portrait of the American healthcare system, often cruel and always greedy.
gains, narrated from the advantageous position that comes from the perspective of ordinary people forced
to face challenges as extraordinary as they are heartbreaking in pursuit of basic medical care.
Michael Moore is back with a documentary that denounces the healthcare system
North American; a system that, in the absence of universal healthcare, excludes 50 million
North Americans (who either do not have private health insurance or cannot afford it) and who
based on private companies that primarily seek economic benefits and in insurance companies
that they pay bonuses to employees who provide them with the most profitability by denying benefits and
complaints a the insured.
In Sicko, Michael Moore directly asks his fellow Americans
What is it that does not work in us? Moore shows that the health of the United States is
it ranks in the last position among developed nations despite being the most expensive per person
in relation to any other healthcare system on the planet. Moore seeks answers in Canada,
Great Britain and France, where all citizens receive free medical care. Finally,
Moore gathers a group of heroic workers who contributed to the rescue in the tragedy of the 11.
of September who are now suffering from debilitating illnesses and cannot receive care
home, and takes them to the most unsuspected place where they receive the tender attention that results
non-existent in the richest nation on Earth.
Health System of the United States: The American healthcare system can be encompassed in
the health model of health insurance.
Requirements that a person must meet for their insurance to be approved, given that the
companies do not risk insuring a person who could represent a significant liability for them
long-term disbursement. For this, there are medical inspectors who decide who is fit and
who cannot be a beneficiary of the insurance.
The greatest achievement of the insurers was buying Congress. The entire system was handed over.
healthcare assistance to the insurance companies, which now had power, although they also had
their role the pharmaceutical companies, who bought some members of Congress to make sure that
a bill will be carried out to help the elderly with their prescriptions. In this way, it
they gave eight hundred billion dollars to pharmaceutical companies, which allowed them to charge
the medications at the price they wanted, putting insurers as intermediaries.
Which health system compares with the USA?
Compare the Canadian universal and free healthcare system, everyone could benefit from it. The model
British medical assistance is characterized by providing universal coverage to the entire population. France the
healthcare is also based on a principle of solidarity: those who have more pay for those who have less
less, including the Cuban healthcare system of free and universal medical care.
Establish the most obvious differences
CANADA: Many had attacked the Canadian healthcare system, arguing that the
doctors charged less, or you had to wait months for a treatment that in the US
you would receive in a few days. He tried to talk to some of his acquaintances to find out if those accusations
were really true, but they did not dare to cross the border without health insurance. They knew
the American healthcare system, and they knew the risk they were taking if something happened to them on the other side. In Canada,
Health care was universal and free, everyone could benefit from it.
ENGLAND: The British healthcare model is characterized by providing coverage
universal, for the entire population. It is also free, as it is funded by the taxes of everyone.
citizens, and doctors have the freedom to practice private medicine. Private medicine is prioritized.
hospital to preventive, early diagnosis and occupational health and prevention of
occupational diseases. The British system is one in which everything is covered, you don't have to pay
nothing, except for the medicines, and even if you have limited means, they reimburse you for the transportation costs.
And regarding the medicines, they are not exorbitant prices like those set in the United States,
but you pay 6.65 pounds. It is a standard cost, whether you buy 5 pills or 120, and it does not change.
everyone, but only for workers with sufficient resources. Those over 65 and those under
16 do not pay. There is something fundamental in this healthcare model, and that is that ethics is
puts the economy first.
FRANCE: There, healthcare is also based on a principle of solidarity: those who have more
you pay for those who have less. It's simple: you pay based on what you can afford, and you receive
according to your needs. In addition, companies understand this. The attention is free, and
it even adds the possibility of being visited at home by a doctor 24 hours a day. All of this at a cost.
0. Sick leave has no limit: if you are sick, you are sick, and you cannot
to know how long you are going to be there.
BAHÍA DE GUANTÁNAMO / CUBA: Moore travels to Guantánamo Bay, a territory
American with free and universal healthcare, aimed at curing their
companions. Obviously, they were not allowed to benefit from their health care, so they all went to Cuba.
A communist country, my god! However, once you get to know it, it doesn't seem so bad. Healthcare is
universal and free, but why? Because its healthcare is much less expensive. This is because
In Cuba, preventive medicine stands out: if you prevent a disease, you won't have to spend money.
money to heal it. Already in the country, not knowing what to do in a communist place, the Americans
they are getting ready to go to the hospital, and their reaction when they are told that they can be treated for free leaves no room for
doubts: they are relieved, but at the same time they feel insulted by the system that deprived them of that.
care. And it's not just them, but any foreigner who needs it can be attended to.
in a Cuban center. It is clear that the Cuban healthcare system is superior to the American one,
but even so, the major media outlets turn a deaf ear and continue trying to create in the
public opinion presents a false image of reality: the American population lives deceived,
scared of communism and sure that the treatment you will receive in such countries must be.
Make a comparison with the healthcare system of our country
North American healthcare system; a system that, without universal healthcare, excludes 50
millions of Americans (who either do not have private health insurance or cannot afford it)
and that is based on private companies that primarily seek economic benefits and in
insurers that pay bonuses to employees who provide them with the most profitability by denying
benefits and claims to the insured.
Argentinian health system; In the USA, they have never had what we have.
used to: public health.
National health service model. Model based on the principles of universality, equity and
solidarity. It conceives health care as a right of individuals and a duty of the State.
Financing through taxes The State. The management is carried out by officials who through
Contests or appointments assume the direction of service centers or organizations.
Conclude in relation to your profession
Regarding nursing services in this model, the emphasis should be on the salaried position of the
professionals, the State is always the largest employer of nursing personnel.
The comprehensive approach to care and the possibility of incorporating health promotion actions
as disease prevention, they give nursing an opportunity for development
professional, the educational facet, the interventions with the community, the research itself.