SiCKO

Ok I know Michael Moore's film, "SiCKO" has been out for awhile, but I just saw it so I figured I'd write a bit about it since most people I know probably wouldn't watch it.

The documentary is well made, witty, sarcastic, and at times, outright funny. It will definitely hold your attention throughout. There, that's my review, now on to the subject matter...

Over 50 million Americans do not have health insurance. Too many people have conditions that go untreated just because they can not afford treatment. Those of us who do have health insurance are seeing our rates skyrocket and medical costs squeeze our household budgets. My deduction is this: something needs to change. We can not sustain the current rate of increasing medical costs. As a nation, we shouldn't tolerate letting 16% of our fellow citizens go through life uninsured.

Moore's film looks at the health systems in place in England, France, Canada, and even Cuba. While he colors those health care systems as ideal, we are all aware that they too have problems. In fact, I would bet there is no perfect system. However, I think the richest nation in the world should do better than what we're currently doing.

I would recommend you watch SiCKO - not as a presentation of possible solutions to our problem, but as a tool to help you recognize that we have a problem, and as a way to begin thinking that there might be a better way to distribute health care to our people.

Here's the deal though: if you're like me you probably only know that Moore is an icon for extreme left political ideas. I know Rush and O'Reilly might not be my friends anymore because I spent 2 hours watching this movie. That's ok though. If you are really concerned with your own health, and the health of our nation's people, watch this film with a wide open mind. Watch it with the words and actions of Jesus in mind.

Again, I understand that like all of us, Moore has his biases and these no doubt show up in the film. Still, we have a problem in the health care industry and we need to figure out a new way of caring for people.



Matthew 9.35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.