This movie illustrated the everyday realities and horrors of a broken healthcare system. Daniel Blake, the protagonist, tried to receive employment and support allowance after being prevented from working by his doctors due to his failing health, yet faced constant opposition, from the very services that are supposed to help the people, by frustrating and humiliating him to such an extent that it almost appears that they want the claimant to drop out and stop pursuing their right to ask for aid. Daniel’s journey illustrates a Kafkaesque journey; he is forced to look for jobs despite knowing that he has to deny any that he is accepted to due to his doctor’s orders, in order to qualify for benefits, while simultaneously being given demerits for trying to appeal the government’ worker’s decision that he was still able to work (despite what his healthcare physician said). This bureaucratic nightmare illustrates the indifference of the government, and how its crushing silence leads to its people’s lives spiraling downwards into deeper poverty. Though this movie was based in England where healthcare is provided to all, this made me wonder what happens to those in need in the US, where the government is offering partial healthcare to some.