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Sneak Peak at Michael Moore’s “Sicko”

1:50 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Health| Movies| World

23 May 2007

Filmmaker Michael Moore has just released a short clip from his new documentary, Sicko, which compares the American healthcare system to that of Cuba and other countries. The clip shows Moore at a NHS hospital in the U.K., where patients pay nothing for procedures and are even reimbursed for transportation expenses to the facilities:

Michael Moore was recently warned by the U.S. Treasury Department that unauthorized travel into Cuba by Americans is prohibited. This seems to have only fueled media attention around the film, in addition to the movie’s success at Cannes:

In a choice that certainly endeared “Sicko” to the local audience, Moore spends much of the film focusing on France’s socialized medicine. Doctors lead comfortable lives, patients receive attentive care, employers grant extended health-related leaves — all reasons the World Health Organization ranked France tops in its global 2000 survey of the best healthcare countries.

That the United States ranked only 37th on the WHO list, just two slots ahead of Cuba, particularly infuriates Moore: With more wealth and technology than any other country, we nevertheless have 50 million citizens without insurance, 9 million of them children.

What do you think of the clip? Will you see the movie when it comes out? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

Via / YouTube and LATimes.com

1 Response to Sneak Peak at Michael Moore’s “Sicko”

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Andie

May 23rd, 2007 at 3:08 pm

hey, the whole trailer for the film was just released here:
http://movies.aol.com/movie/sicko/26778/trailer

if you’re interested.
-Andie

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