Sicko is a documentary that dwells mainly on the American health care system and compares it to others like Canada, UK, France, and Cuba. While health is a right in the four later countries, in the US health is a profitable business to private health insurance organizations. Moore supports this thesis with insider testimony from former insurance employees who reveal systematic practices designed to avoid paying claims, including denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and incentivizing employees to meet refusal targets.The documentary reveals that universal healthcare in the U.S. has been politically thwarted by being labeled socialist, with powerful industry lobbying playing a key role. Finally, Sicko posits a viable alternative in the form of tax-funded, universal systems, like the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), thereby relieving citizens of financial fear during illness.