"Sicko" Michael Moore

[Libertine]

As boring as the article may sound, this is definately one I'll be checking out when its released in the theaters in June. People who work for big companies and have great health insurance usually have no clue how sickening health insurance costs are for the self employed and others who do not have health insurance. My father is 68 and still has to work full time in construction to pay over $500 a month for health insurance for himself and mom. The social security checks he gets barely covers anything. Something has to change soon.

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LiveLeak.com - First Look: Released Scene From Michael Moore's 'SICKO'

'Sicko' spawns Moore fever in Cannes - Yahoo! News

'Sicko' spawns Moore fever in Cannes

In Cannes, Michael Moore is a rock star — mobbed by fans, assailed by cameras and forced to wolf down a plate of pasta between his latest interview and his next live TV appearance.

Moore's documentary "Sicko" — a ferocious attack on the U.S. health care industry — is the talk of the film festival, and he is hot property. Moore caught his breath Monday to tell The Associated Press about the urgent need to reform America's health system, and why he thinks the Bush administration is out to get him.

"It's a government that's funded by the pharmaceutical companies and the health insurers, so I'm not surprised they're coming after me," said Moore, who is being investigated by the U.S. Treasury Department for traveling to Cuba for one of the segments in his film.

"I'm surprised they're doing it so soon. I didn't think they'd want to draw attention to the movie this early on."

Hurriedly eating spaghetti near the end of another whirlwind day, Moore said he was informed he was under investigation just days before the film's premiere here on Saturday. He was given 20 days to respond to questions about the trip, which he took accompanied by a group of sick Americans that included Sept. 11 rescue workers, to Cuba seeking treatment.

"They want me to name names," he said.

Moore says the group went to Cuba only after failing to gain admittance to the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay — where, he claims, al-Qaida suspects receive better medical care than millions of Americans.

Treasury officials will not comment specifically about Moore's case.

The Cuba segment of the film has drawn most of the attention, but occupies relatively little screen time. Much of "Sicko" consists of moving testimony from Americans who have suffered at the hands of insurance companies, drug firms and HMOs. That includes a mother whose daughter died because the nearest hospital could not treat her, and a man who was told the cost of reattaching his two severed fingers would be $60,000 for the middle finger and $12,000 for the ring finger.

Several interview subjects died before the film was completed.

"It was pretty somber working on this film," Moore said. "We just kept thinking, the only reason this person is dying is because they hold American citizenship. If they lived in Canada or Britain or France, they'd have a chance."

"Sicko" has been rapturously received by audiences and critics at Cannes, where it is screening out of competition. Moore's last film, the President Bush-bashing documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," won the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, in 2004.

The acclaim means Moore's schedule has been frenetic. Almost as soon as he sat down with the AP for a quick supper, he was hauled from the table and bundled into a van — reporter in tow — to head to a live appearance on French television.

As Moore's driver crept along Cannes' packed main drag, tourists and paparazzi thrust cameras at the van's open window until motorcycle police carved a path for the vehicle.

Moore knows that a rockier reception awaits back in the United States.

While Cannes has embraced him, Moore's critics say "Sicko" is overly rosy in its depiction of other countries' systems of socialized medicine. In Canada, happy emergency-room patients speak of short waits and free treatment. A British doctor in the state health system speaks happily of his six-figure income and million-dollar house. French interviewees glow with satisfaction at their quality of care.

"The facts are indisputable," Moore said as the van pulled up at a beachside TV studio. "People in those countries live longer than us, they have a lower infant mortality rate, they spend only half the money that we spend per person on health care and yet they have a healthier nation. There's no part of that picture that I'm painting that is untrue.

"Are there flaws in those systems? Absolutely. But those are flaws for the people in those countries to correct, not me."

And with that, he disappeared into another cheering crowd.

[NUN-PUNCHER]

I'll check out anything Michael Moore does. I'm self employed and my Health Insurance keeps rising all the time, yet I live a somewhat
healthy lifestyle.
My Father has had a Liver Transplant and it was a struggle for him to get all the medicine he needs at a decent price. He now gets all his medicine from Canada because it helps keep his insurance down because it's 35% cheaper.
I remember last Flu season where this country had run out of Flu shots vaccine, and found out that we get almost all of our Flu Vaccine from France. France ???? While this may not have anything to do with Michael Moore's documentary per say it's just another example of me always questioning what our country is doing about medical and health issues.

Of course Moore is going to get grilled for this. I would like to see hime take on All insurance companies in general next.


Two New Sicko Posters - MoviesOnline

[TheVietCong]

probably will see it because well its Michael Moore. Sometimes he makes good points sometimes he says extremely dumb things.

[Libertine]

Arghh... This was suppose to be in theaters today. Looks like it got pushed back atleast until the June 29th.

Its suppose to be the highest grossing ($$$) documentary in history.

[c0mmand3r]

**** Michael Moore. Liberal ,anti-american, fat, ugly, piece of ****. I think living as Michael Moore in this world is more of a punishment than h*ll could ever be.

[Libertine]

wow c0mm, pretty emotional there. Your opinions are welcomed..but not in this manner.

Sorry, I gotta edit it. (it still looks bad, but I did edit it)

maybe this will cheer you up.

Michael Moore's "Sicko" Pirated, The Skinny: Filmmaker's Health-Care Documentary Can Be Dowloaded For Free Online - CBS News

[discombobulate]

I've got it but haven't watched it yet, I'm going to watch it at work today.

I didn't click all the links, but supposedly it's being pushed back because parts of it were filmed in Cuba.... or so I hear.

Well, I haven't been able to watch it yet today and I don't have enough time left now. Looks like I'll watch it late tonight or tomorrow.

[c0mmand3r]

Originally Posted by Libertine

wow c0mm, pretty emotional there. Your opinions are welcomed..but not in this manner.

Sorry, I gotta edit it. (it still looks bad, but I did edit it)

maybe this will cheer you up.

Michael Moore's "Sicko" Pirated, The Skinny: Filmmaker's Health-Care Documentary Can Be Dowloaded For Free Online - CBS News

Obviously I knew you would edit me. I know I would have, haha. Sorry, but Michael Moore is a huge tool. Sometimes I get a bit worked up on the subject. I didn't mean to demean liberals in my post (even though I sort of did mean to at the same time). Anyway, I will look at that link in the morning, veins. Kinda tired, jsut got home. Fathers day in the morning. Peace.

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by c0mmand3r

Obviously I knew you would edit me. I know I would have, haha. Sorry, but Michael Moore is a huge tool. Sometimes I get a bit worked up on the subject. I didn't mean to demean liberals in my post (even though I sort of did mean to at the same time). Anyway, I will look at that link in the morning, veins. Kinda tired, jsut got home. Fathers day in the morning. Peace.

Not to get too political here, but im not fond of Liberals either.
Liberal / Libertine = two completely different things. Basically Liberals corrupted everything that starts with Liber...

[Scuba Steve]

I agree with Comm, I hate Moore. He exxagerates everything in his "movies" and half the stuff is set up. He's also a hypocrite. He will make movies wasting millions of dollars on problems, when he could use that money towards foundations he believes in.