JackMichael Moore's Sicko
June 25th 2007 06:11
Sicko is a documentary film by Michael Moore, scheduled for release on June 29, 2007 in the US and August 16th in Australia. It investigates the American health care system with a focus on the behaviour of large health insurance companies and contrasts the U.S. system with those of other countries with universal health care coverage.
When asked about this movie, Michael Moore said, "If people ask, we tell them Sicko is a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on Earth.
In the film Michael Moore accompanies a number of rescue workers injured after the World Trade Center attacks of 2001 to the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detainment camp (an American territory) to ask for health care for the 9/11 responders. When unable to receive care there, they move on to Havana, Cuba, so that they can receive medical treatment they would otherwise not be able to afford. In an interview with Time Magazine, Moore states "I’m not trumpeting Castro or his regime. I just want to say to fellow Americans, "C’mon, we’re the United States! If they can [provide care for all] we can do it."
The film also covers Moore's travels to Canada, France and the United Kingdom, investigating their health care systems and comparing them to those provided in the United States. The trailer is below.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Sicko.
**This poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
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