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Film Muser Rating : 4.5 / 5
Release Date : June 29, 2007
Running Time : 113 minutes
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Sicko is the latest documentary from filmmaker Michael Moore. This time around Moore focuses on the misguided nature of the American health care system. The film spotlights anecdotal stories of U.S. citizens who have fell victim to the large medical insurance companies who concern themselves more with turning a profit than providing coverage for treatment. Moore also travels the world to see how universal health care systems perform in countries such as France, England, Canada, and Cuba, illustrating how the private health care of the United States fails its citizens.

Michael Moore’s Sicko

Unlike Moore’s previous documentary, Farenheit 9/11, Sicko is a bipartisan incrimination of the government and the insurance and drug companies. He exposes the collaborations between these three groups allowing them to keep their stranglehold on the American people. Moore goes for the necks of high government officials, revealing campaign contributions made by the insurance and drug companies, and highlighting the gigantic profits made by these companies as they leave their customers out to dry. He even labels Hillary Clinton as a sellout, and she actually tried to jump-start the creation of universal health care just over a decade ago.

With the United States being the only industrialized nation without a universal health care system, Moore makes visits to other countries to gauge the level of service they receive. Visiting Canada, France, and Great Britain, Moore receives a firsthand account of the successes of the universal health care approach. He shows utter disbelief when learning that people have no hassles of paying bills, and checking for coverage when visiting a hospital or a doctor. I’m not denying that these systems are far superior to the privatized system of the United States, but Moore portrays them as perfect. Showing only the negative experiences in the United States, and only the positive ones from the other countries can be a little misleading, and I wish he would have shown some of the problems that arise with a public system. Nonetheless if that’s what it takes to get the ball rolling in the right direction, so be it.

This is definitely a film that everyone should see. With the United States being the most prosperous nation in the world, there is no excuse for the health care problems they suffer to exist. As a Canadian I think it is also an important film for citizens of my country to see. It reminds us that our public system is an important piece of our country, and that it is still worth fighting to keep, even though it does required some “health care” of its own. With recent talk of introducing a two-tier public / private system, this will help people see where we could easily end up.

Memorable Scene
While visiting a hospital in England, Moore asks patients how much they had to pay for the treatment. People are a little taken aback, seemingly thinking that the question is absurd - the notion of paying for health care is just not on the radar. As Moore continues to search for a billing area in the hospital, he finally finds a cashier. When he asks if this is where people pay for their medical bills, he is stunned to find out that this is actually where patients are reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in getting to the hospital.