Sick-O
March 13th, 2008 by bonbonsFinally… I have watched Sick-O. Another masterpiece of Michael Moore that raised many discussion about the health system in the US.
It was pretty scary to think about the situation in the US. His arguments are so strong making it less difficult for audience to be confinced. He gather individuals to share their heartbreaking story about how they can not be treaten by hospital just because of financial reasons. People are actually dying in the US just because insurance companies are making tremeandous profit from the health system.
Sick people sent to other hospital just because that particular hospital has no financial agreements with the insurance company. Untreaten patient shoved in to a cab and being ‘dump’ in front of a shelter. Bah… it made me sick.. sorry it MAKE me sick.
Does human life counts only as numbers now? Is it all about the cold hard cash now?
Mr. Moore went to other countries to see whether the ‘evil’ universal treatment actually works. His findings was so positive that even he could not believe the facts. Free healt care exist…
If it is free in Cuba, to be consider as a poor country.. Why isnt free in my beloved home country Indonesia?
My first reasoning was: TAX!! not all the tax are collected in Indonesia. If it is being collected, personnel of the tax office is bribable, allowing them to keep a portion of that money into their own pocket. Tax payers is paying less resulting to the country not receiving the full amount which lead to cut back is governments’ sections such as health system.
After thinking about it, there are sooo many other reasoning. Culture, the concious and many more.
I’ve met a doctoral student who is studying medicine in The Netherlands, he almost graduate and was busy setting up a distribution to import cancer medicine to Indonesia. After he explain to me about his activity, I asked him one question:
"If somebody with a cancer knock on your door and ask him to give the medicine for free, will he give it to that person?"
He couldnt answer it…..
Greed… human most important characteristic. To me greed can be perceived as something positive. It push you.. motivate you to be better. It motivate you to be SOMEBODY. It push you to study and later on to get a good job with a good salary and to live happily ever after. But can you control your greed? I know I cant… you just wants more and more and more…
Greed is acceptable until a certain limit… but where is this limit?!
So… why does medicine cost so much nowadays? YES… GREED !!!
Making money above poeple lifes…. you make me sick !!!!!!