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'''Sicko''' is a 2007 film by American filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] which looks at the shortcomings of the American health care system. Roger Friedman of [[Fox News]] called the film a "brilliant and uplifting new documentary" and praised Moore for the way in which he lets "very articulate average Americans tell their personal horror stories at the hands of insurance companies" and "criticizes both [[Democrats]] and [[Republicans]] for their inaction and in some cases their willingness to be bribed by pharmaceutical companies and insurance carriers."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273875,00.html</ref>
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'''Sicko''' is a 2007 film by American filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] which glorifies socialized medicine and conceals the deadly effects of rationing that results when medicine is socialized.
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The film is designed to have a political impact, but both [[Republican]] and [[Democratic]] politicians have distanced themselves from it.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-movie22jun22,0,5962985.story?coll=la-home-center</ref>
  
 
The film has generated some controversy for a sequence in which Moore brings a group of patients to [[Cuba]], which may have violated the American embargo of that country.
 
The film has generated some controversy for a sequence in which Moore brings a group of patients to [[Cuba]], which may have violated the American embargo of that country.

Revision as of 15:04, June 24, 2007

Sicko is a 2007 film by American filmmaker Michael Moore which glorifies socialized medicine and conceals the deadly effects of rationing that results when medicine is socialized.

The film is designed to have a political impact, but both Republican and Democratic politicians have distanced themselves from it.[1]

The film has generated some controversy for a sequence in which Moore brings a group of patients to Cuba, which may have violated the American embargo of that country.

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