NA1 - Listening: Sicko

Michael Moore is a film director that a few years ago produced a film/documentary about health care in the United States. You know that the system in the US is quite different from our system, and citizens have to get insurance to cover their health needs.

Watch the first five minutes of the following video and answer the questions below.

1. First scene: Why were the people rejected when they applied for health insurance?
2. Second scene: Why did Michael Moore ask for emails?
3. Doug Noe. What was the little girl’s problem? What did the insurance company tell the family? What did Doug do? What happened in the end?
4. Becky Malke. What is her job? When can you be non-eligible for health insurance? Why does Becky become emotional in the video?

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