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FRONTLINE: Sick Around America
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Product DescriptionMore than 2. 5 million Americans lost their jobs last year, and along with their livelihood, their health insurance. As the economy continues to spiral, the new administration promises to deliver comprehensive health care reform. Sick Around America lays bare the flaws in our system and examines the critical choices Americans face in changing a system that all sides agree needs a fundamental overhaul. . . . More >>
FRONTLINE: Sick Around America
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December 4th, 2009 at 04:53
A look at the crappy Health Care system in America that about sums it up. This is an in depth investigation of the unproductive health care system in America. Very few will say that the Health Care system is great in this country, by most opinions the Health Care system in U. S. is a giant failure. Of course most of the problems in the health care industry are obvious, but Frontline does a nice job of providing all the facts especially for those still in denial that the health care system sucks.
First of the problem is that Health Care system is ruled by greed and profit. In a capitalistic system like the US that plays right into its hands. Premiums are high, the cost is high, even the coverage itself may or may not even cover you. It’s such a bad system it’s not funny.
It definitely wasn’t going to be fixed under the corrupt George W. Bush administration which failed to make any headway with keeping health care affordable.
Frontline presents these problems in more detail presents several cases with Americans where the Health Care system either failed, misled, or completely ignored their cries for help. The show presents the rather corrupt process of rescinding coverage.
How crappy is the health care system in America?
Even the Ceo of Kaiser is interviewed who admits how inadequate the health care system is. Imagine that.
As mentioned several stories are presented. Probably the most persuasive cases are the Jennifer Thompson story and Nikki White story.
Thompson was initially awarded medical coverage even though she might have cancer. Then after undergoing surgery to Thompson’s surprise, the medical insurance company said they weren’t going to pay for her coverage. Thompson was left with almost a half million dollars in bills. Way to go Health Care!!!
The Nikki White story is even more disgusting. A girl diagnosed with Lupus and no medical company will give her coverage.
It seems that the practice of a lot of these insurance companies is to award you coverage but only while you are healthy to begin with which contradicts the whole effort of getting coverage to begin with which is to get help for sick.
There are idiots who will claim these are isolated cases but the millions of Americans who either can’t pay for coverage or are denied medical coverage are living proof that the Health Care system in America sucks and it needs a major makeover.
Rating: 5 / 5