Open the document and respond to the 17 highlighted questions. This
assignment requires paragraphs and essays
and should be completed using
professional English standards.
AH 116 Writing Assignment Rubric
Using this Guide
This Guide is offered as a resource to help you prepare the electronic writing assignment and address the moral case for health care reform in the United States. It is designed to be a user-directed resource with no experts needed.
In the REFLECTION section, participants will be led to consider their reactions to the film and to reflect upon the moral imperative for making health care available to everyone. It is NOT intended to stimulate discussion about or promote the best plan.
The section which offers MORE INFORMATION is included to document and clarify some of the facts in the film. This information does not provide a comprehensive overview of the issue, but points to additional resources for participants who want to dig deeper.
The ACTION section addresses the films assertion that for health care reform to happen in this country, we all need to accept responsibility for getting more involved in our democracy.
Reflection
Getting started Respond to the Following:
Think about a recent health care experience and briefly share what made it satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
Briefly talk about what story in the movie was most moving and why.
The moral question:
SICKO contains lots of facts about the problems in U.S. health care. Weve know these facts for years, but they have not moved us closer toward reform. Why not?
We have not been able to enact comprehensive health care reform because as a nation we have not yet agreed that we should guarantee health care for everyone. We have not yet answered the moral
question Am I my brothers/sisters keeper? with a resounding YES!
Until we agree that our goal is health care for all, we will continue to divide ourselves over the questions about whether the government or business should be in charge, and whether our priority should be to reduce costs or make health care available for everyone. And we will continue to allow wealthy special interests to influence the votes or our lawmakers.
Here are few of the comments for those being interviewed from other countries:
From Canada: The least of us and the best of us are taken care of equally.
From France: You pay according to your means and receive according to your needs.
From Great Britain: If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to heal people.
