Sick 0hhhh! My Feelings after seeing Michael Moore’s Sicko

Besides half of a $6 diet coke and gum on my shoe, with what did I walk away from Michael Moore’s Sicko? I learned that insurance companies can drop your coverage at any time if, on your initial application, you failed to mention any previous suffering of major illnesses or serious diseases (like a yeast infection). In fact, hold on a minute….

I’m back. I just burned my receipts from that brief time in 1989 when Preparation H was my best friend.

I also learned that in other countries, doctors respond to house calls in cars with lights and sirens! Although I did hear that Pamela Anderson’s OBGYN provides her with this service, for the most part this is unheard of.

I think what I really left the theater with was a feeling that, as a member of the greatest country in the world, it is easy to forget that we can still learn something from others, even those whose ideologies we do not agree with as a whole. I also left with a fear that many people will not see this movie because they do not agree with the ideologies of Michael Moore or his previous film Fahrenheit 9/11. Remember, even a broken clock is right twice a day (unless it’s digital or broken so badly it no longer resembles a clock at all).

John Glenn Rivers
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