Sicko

US (2007): Documentary/Feature

Documentary look at health care in the United States as provided by profit-oriented health maintenance organizations (HMOs) compared to free, universal care in Canada, the UK, and France. Michael Moore contrasts US media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the UK about cost, quality, and salaries. He examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons' reform effort failed in the 1990s. He talks to US ex-pats in Paris about French services, and he takes three 9/11 clean-up volunteers, who developed respiratory problems, to Cuba for care. He asks of Americans, "Who are we?" -- Amazon.com

Written and directed by Michael Moore; produced by Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara. (A Dog Eat Dog Films Production / Lionsgate & The Weinstein Co. - Web site)


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