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  • Sicko

    Jun. 29, 2007 - Shawn Willis

    Moore cuts through political boundaries, listening to the testimony of a 9/11 rescue worker bankrupted by the high cost of an inhaler that runs $120 in the U.S. but only five cents in Cuba. These stories prompt Moore to ask whether other nations have a better answer to health care. While we do hear many insurance company horror stories, Moore spends a great deal of screen time playing his dumb "well, golly" role, strolling England, Canada, France and Cuba – which apparently have much more lax treatment where every citizen is happy and nobody ever waits in line - describing how much better those countries treat their citizens. Is it any better? Why, yes, it is.

    Though the footage makes you want to scream at the screen, his studies of these countries neglect to ask a number of questions and by doing so shows an incomplete picture. The man that just thinks it's super-cool that other countries bend over backwards to assist. "No way!" he yells over and over, as Americans expats in France disclose that the government provides them with free day care, free nannies and even pays to have someone come over do the laundry.

    Moore's Charlton Heston-esque ambush stunt this time around has him visiting Cuba, showing Cuban doctors happily treating insurance-less Americans. The American health-care system is indeed out of order, but Michael Moore is not the guy to fix it; His investigation is once again a collection of anecdotes, a few stunts, lacking any interviews from the other side – administrators, doctors, nurses - only the victims, showing us only one side of the coin.

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