OMG You Sicko!
Dear Micael Moore,
Man, I’m sorry. I’ve been a fair-weather friend. I fell in love with Roger & Me. Totally dug on Bowling for Columbine. But ever since you went on that Farenheit 9/11 rant, I just got tired of you. Or maybe it wasn’t you. Maybe it was the general political fatigue I think we’ve all been feeling. I just got tired of getting angry. And you incite me to anger. I used to think that was a good thing, but then I realized… it really doesn’t matter. And anger doesn’t solve much.
But now, I just watched a “pre-released copy” *wink, wink* of your new film, Sicko last night. Unbelievable. SO GREAT! You’ve gone and made another masterpiece, Mr. Moore. I wish it didn’t make me so angry. But it does so with a sigh and such righteous indignation. Such brash fight-the-maCe right. Corruption in America’s health system is horrendous. I already knew that. But thanks for boiling down an argument for me. Thanks for giving me some firepower.
See, I haven’t had health insurance for the majority of my life. I still don’t have health insurance. Even now, I see it as a scam, and I see through all the f**cking bullshit that hospitals, doctors and insurance companies put us all through. It’s not hard to see the corruption. Of course, I wish I had some safety net. For times when I fell off my bike and woke up pissing blood. Cost me $2400 for the med center to tell me I’d be fine.
When I was traveling in Thailand - what one might call a ‘developing country’ (though it’s richer than it’s neighbors) - I met people who had become seriously ill. Dengue fever, broken bones, malaria, you name it. What did they do? They just walked into a health clinic and got better. For free. Or nearly free. And everyone said the same thing, “Wow! Hospitals in Thailand are awesome!”
And then there are the people I’ve known when I lived in the South West. The folks who would drive a day, across the border to Mexico to get major dental work done. “You must be kidding me,” I’d tell them. “Hell no! It’s awesome! And cheap! And clean!”
You’re right, Michael. Our system is SERIOUSLY flawed. Thanks for making this movie. I hope everyone I knows goes to see it. I hope we all wake up and TEAR IT DOWN.
Yours,
Mark*
PS - Thanks for putting up this YouTube Channel to get community feedback!
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