sicko

The documentary "sicko" by Michael Moore was very eye opnening since my major is Nursing so I will be workin the healthcare field. I really like this film cause i personally can relate to it and i'm going to have to deal with issues like this in my future carreer. I liked how Michael Moore incorporated his humor, which is in many of his films, into "sicko". One of my favorite lines that Michael Moore said was " What'd they charge you for that baby?" it's definitily crazy seeing how many countries don't charge you for healthcare. I thought it was fascinating that in Londom they reimburse you for your travel costs. This just shows how ridiculous the amount of money spent on healthcare in the U.S. is. When Michael stated that America's healthcare system was ranked 37th in the world right above Slovenia, I was shocked. We always talk about how many great things there are in American, like different opportunites but we can't help out our fellow citizens with healthcare coverage. I've heard many stories on how people avoided going to seek clinical help, but rather dealt with the pain because they didn't have healthcare insurance that covered the check-up and other appointments they would need. People are constantly worring about making the payments that they lose sight of whats best for their health. Also i think the stress of insurance plays a large role in the career you choose. If your job doesn't involve any coverage of health/dental you are in big trouble. In the film when they talk about this lady's health insurance not covering her emergency trip in an ambulance cause it wasn't "pre-approved", I was stunned by the insurance company's response. When did this lady have time to "pre-approve it?" She didn't have a choice on riding in the ambulance because she was unconscious. I liked watching this film cause it helped us look at reality as of right now and opened our eyes to current issues that need to be covered.

The Cider House Rules

I believe throughout the film "The Cider House Rules" the one memorable line is "Sometimes you gotta break the rules to make things straight." This saying is played out alot in this film. To start off with is Fuzzy's death. To protect the other children, Dr. Larch made up a lie about a medical family adopting Fuzzy cause they have a better breathing machine. Next is Mr. Rose's death. Even though Rose Rose stavved her father in the stomach, Mr. Rose told Homer to tel lthe police he was devastated that his only daughter ran away that he killed himself. Another example that really stood out in the movie was when Homer got his x-ray's of his heart and later found out that the x-rays he had were actually Fuzzy's heart. Dr. Larch did this so he could keep Homer out of the war.
I found Dr. larch clever throughout this whole film. The one part that i felt related to this quote was when Dr. Larch made up this whole impressive ressume of Homer's when he had never attended or accomplished any of that. What was really interesting is when he was homer brand new diaplomas. But the best part was Dr. Larch acting the total opposite of how he felt. When he meet with the board and was talking about how Homer wasn't qualified or even committed in doing this. The board ended up liking him and Dr. Larch's reverse psychology worked out in his favor.
I think the scene that best displayed this quote was when the morning after Homer had given Ms. Rose Rose an abortion and he was reading the cider house rules. He was standing by the stove and decided to throw the piece of paper in the stove and burn them. I think those rules really stood for the rules and he's beliefs about giving abortions. I think at that point not only did Dr. Larch live by the line "sometimes you gotta break the rule to make things straight" but also Homer was following in his footsteps. This scene reminded me of when Homer use to throw away the specimens from Dr. Larch's operations but now that Homer is bending the rules and i think accepting that doing the right might not always follow the rules.
Some other really recognizable qutoes were
-" Goodnight you princes of maine and kings of New England."
-"What business you in?"
-"Make yourself useful"
-"Let's be happy for _____, she/he found a new home. Goodnight ______! Goodnight!"