While, like most of you out there, probably have heard about the latest Michael Moore movie "Sicko", I am also sure that, like me, a lot of you haven’t seen it yet. One thing I can say about this movie is; seeing is believing. Moore takes us around the globe and shows how life could be, if corporations in America wouldn't run Capitol Hill. I am not a U.S. citizen (I live in the Netherlands), and while America always fascinated me, even with its downsides, the way people are treated shocked me. While writing this piece, I thought of a movie I saw a few years ago called John Q, which was a touching movie about a father who wouldn't let his son die just because he got screwed by his insurance company and in stead fought for his life without regard for his own life. While Moore tells us the same story, he tells it in a way that get's thru to you, captures your attention and see it for what it is, unlike the blockbuster John Q, which was a touching story, but didn't get you thinking about how wrong this actually are.

One of the most touching parts of this documentary was when he took a group of sick people who couldn't afford medical treatment to Guantanamo bay. Among them were three rescue workers that helped at ground zero after the 9/11 attack on the world trade center. The motivation for this was that on TV (as far as I could tell it was something like CSPAN), members of congress explained about all the medical attention that members of Al-Qaeda got at gitmo and that they dare compare it to the medical coverage of an average HMO in the United States.

When they arrived at Guantanamo bay, they were only met with sirens and warning for mines, so they went back to mainland Cuba. The real reason for visiting Guantanamo was that it's in Cuba, which seems to be one of the best places to be if you get sick; who would have thought? After learning that the meds that cost $120 in the U.S. cost about $0.05 there in a pharmacy, they go to the hospital in the capital of Cuba (Havana) and all get checked out and treated; for free...

Seeing the way the U.S. government refuses to help the people who selfishly helped out others in time of need just makes you sick to your stomach. Especially if you hear them telling that they've set up a $50.000.000 fund for those people, but make it almost impossible to qualify for it, but claim with a steel face that this is "a fair way to help out the heroes of 9/11...".

If you haven’t seen this movie yet, go watch it, even if you don't live in the United States of America. This is something everyone should know about, and if it were up to me, be taught in schools.