HW 26 - Looking back & forward in unit

Important insights:

1.)  You don't really know how good something is until it is gone.

2.)  There are many places in the world that have much better health care than the united states that people wouldn't even expect to have such good health care.

3.)  The american health care system has more flaws then I could have imagined

4.) Americans don't really talk about illness and dying a lot.

5.) Not enough health care in the united states for everyone.



The main sources that have helped me understand this unit better had to be when we watched Michael Moore's Sicko.  This movie really helped me understand our cultures views in health care because it showed me the truths to our health care system(truths being all of its flaws).  When I saw this movie it really made me wonder why the United States government would do all of these horrible things to prevent its citizens from obtaining health insurance that covered all of their health needs.  For example in the movie he interviewed one person who got 2 fingers cut off and had to choose which finger he would get put back on because he couldn't afford both since he didn't enough money.  In other countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom they have free health care and they don't have to worry about wether or not they are able to pay for their health needs.  Actually when the talk of paying about it comes  up the people who live there usually will laugh at the question of them having to pay.

I think that the most important issues that we should deal with in our last few weeks of the unit should be how people deal with their loved ones deaths.  I know that it is very hard to deal with the death of a loved one and it is a very scary thought to think about but I would be interested in what other people in the class think about that issue.  I think that the best way we can explore this topic is having a homework on peoples thoughts about how they would feel if or when they lost some very close to them.  Although it may be a very sensitive topic I do think that there will be people who will want to talk about this issue and address their feelings on this issue.