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SiCKO is more like a controlled howl of protest than a documentary. Toning down the rhetoric of past efforts--no CEOs, congressmen, or celebrities were accosted in the making of this film--Michael Moore's latest provocation is just as heartfelt, if not more heartbreaking. As he clarifies from the outset, his subject isn't the 45 million Americans without insurance, but those whose coverage has failed to meet their needs. He starts by speaking with patients who've been denied life-saving procedures, like chemotherapy, for the most spurious of reasons. Then he travels to Canada, England, and France to see if socialized medicine is as inefficient as U.S. politicians like to claim--especially those who receive funding from pharmaceutical companies. Moore finds quality care available to all, regardless as to income. He concludes with a stunt that made headlines when he assembles a group of 9/11 rescue workers suffering from a variety of afflictions. When Moore is informed that detainees at Guantánamo Bay--technically American soil--qualify for universal coverage, he and his companions travel to Cuba to get in on that action. It's a typically grandstanding move on Moore's part. And it proves remarkably effective when these altruistic individuals, who've either been denied treatment or forced to pay outrageous costs for their medication, experience a dramatically different system. Nine years in the making, SiCKO makes a persuasive case that it's time for America to catch up with the rest of the world. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


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Recently watched it. The part with Richard Nixon was outstanding. Most of the movie was common-knowledge type stuff, but I had never read about Nixon's role in HMO's before.

I thought the part when he took the people down to Cuba was a little silly, but he definitely made his point. My favorite parts where the interviews with the people in france, they were absolutely dumbfounded that money figured into the equation on whether you should seek medical treatment or not.

I really hope someone figures out a solution to this ginormous mess that our healthcare system is in.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/

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abomb

Very good film and my favorite Moore film.

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Waste much like every other of his.

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Did you sit through the whole film?

arthurracoon

Finally saw this movie -I wanted to learn more about the healthcare issues, and I thought it was a waste of time

Sicko didnt prove anything other than what we already knew - there are some big problems with our healthcare system.

Only interesting part for me was the part about Nixon.

In computer science/math, when we have to prove things by writing proofs we learn that you cant prove anything by hand waving (where you just expect people to take your word on something). It seemed like the entire movie of sicko was trying to prove that that universal medicine would work great in the US - but unfortunately, it was a proof by handwaving. It showed a few examples, and we are supposed to assume he is correct. There was no actual analysis of policy/issues/finances/etc...

This was the first michael moore movie I've seen, and maybe I was expecting too much, but I was disappointed.

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