After reading the book “Sick,” by Jonathan Cohn, I began to analyze the different situations that occurred to the people all over the United States and I developed the opinion that the United States health care system is not ethical. In many ways, the health care system acts more like a business and worries more about the money instead of the patient’s life that could be on the line. Throughout the book you can see the bad communication between the insurance companies and hospitals, and also the insurance companies denying coverage to certain medical expenses even when that procedure or medical treatment may be needed to help the patient. I believe the care that patients receive is working but the insurance, billing, and whole business part the health system needs to be fixed. My first example comes from chapter three in the book and deals with fairness. In chapter we are introduced to the Hilsabeck family, a young ambitious couple living in an upscale neighborhood in Lakeway City, Austin Texas. The couple was expecting twins but unfortunately they would be premature. The twins spent multiple weeks in the hospital and had a very slim chance of living, but by the grace of god they overcame the odds and were able to come home. The mother, Elizabeth, noticed that the boy, Parker, was not moving much and after a few months he was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. The medical bills were stacking high for the Hilsabecks but their insurance seemed to cover most of it, at least so they thought. The Hilsabecks insurance was through a Health Maintenance Organization or HMO, which meant the HMO would only pay for the bills only if the Hilsabecks stayed within a preapproved network of doctors and hospitals. This also meant that the insurance would refuse to cover those services deemed unnecessary, which was the case for the Hilsabecks and would dominate their lives for the next few years (Cohn, 207, p. 57). Elizabeth had to take Parker to phys