Sicko

I finally got to see Sicko on the weekend.  Is Sicko a well-made documentary? Yes. Does it show that the American healthcare system is crap and needs improvement? Yes. Does it show that the health care systems in UK, France and Cuba are so much better, in comparison? I don't think so. As a public hospital worker, I can identify the problems with a universal health care system. Sicko makes no mention of surgery waiting lists, ambulance bypasses, hospital budgets, formularies and cutbacks, strike... read more

So I watched Michael Moore's "Sicko." Medicare took great care of my grandpa when he had a stroke. But I was also viscerally reminded of the incomprehension and fear that hit me when one of my favourite people in the world told me her husband (who had also had a stroke) had a set time by which he had to return to work, or he'd no longer be covered by his insurance and she wasn't sure he was going to make it. And that he had a set amount of money his policy would pay out for medical bills over...

(FYI, this post was REJECTED without explanation by the moderators of liberal and democrats even though this post follows all rules of submission and I have repeatedly requested further explanation; I also received a "banned" message when trying to post to conservatism .) To promote his new movie, "Sicko," that documents abuses in the US healthcare industry, Michael Moore gave his first live interview in over two years to HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." That interview left me with important...

Michael Moore - State Capitol (1) copy Originally uploaded by kiny According to NoComment News Michael Moore , a creator of a documentary about healthcare corruption, took part in the recent protest for Healthcare in Washington. Do you want to see this movie? Well, according to Advertising Age , Michael Moore's new documentary "Sicko" has been pirated and is now widely available for download on peer-to-peer content sites like www.thepiratebay.org. However, I would prefer to...

Everyone remember to see Sicko! It comes out today! I saw a sneak preview a while ago and I thought it was pretty good. I liked it way better than the 9/11 one and I liked it better than Bowling for Columbine, too. Basically, health care is broken, and while he doesn't give the answer to how to fix it, he does give a lot of info about the ways in which it is broken. The film is entertaining, and yet it's NOT about Paris Hilton! I'd say the CNN review of the film is reasonable, I agree that while...

Originally published at sunshineburn.com . You can comment here or there . Moore covers a lot of ground. Our team investigated some of the claims put forth in his film. We found that his numbers were mostly right, but his arguments could use a little more context. As we dug deep to uncover the numbers, we found surprisingly few inaccuracies in the film. In fact, most pundits or health-care experts we spoke to spent more time on errors of omission rather than disputing the actual claims in...