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Sicko (or SiCKO) is a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore that investigates the American health care system, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit Universal Health Care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
Sicko opened to positive reviews, but also generated criticism and controversy. Some policy specialists have praised the film while others have criticized the film for its positive portrayal of the publicly funded health systems of Canada, the United Kingdom and Cuba, and for its negative portrayal of the health care system in the United States.
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Not sure everyone's seen this movie or this was discussed on the boards before - but all I have to say is WOW!!
I feel this "movie" is a
MUST SEE - it really has opened my eyes to how messed up we really are in America (Fry, we are all moving to Australia).
I for one lost both of my parents early in life - We grew up in a small town and lived in a half-of-double. My father worked in a factory all his life and my mother did not work until I was the age of 12 (Three brothers and one sister). We did not have the best health care with my father working in a factory. I recalled my mother not being able to have the money to help her in the medicine she needed to fully recover.
Just curious to how others feel about this and
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR676:
Thanks,
Stoneface