Has anyone else watched Michael Moore's "SICKO"

i did watch it. and i saw it from a non-american perspective. allow me to share my thoughts. health care is an essential part of our society. in fact, it is the noblest function of a government. a government that does not take good care of the health of its citizens is no good government at all. in the film, it revisits the laudable health care systems of canada, UK, france, and cuba. what is amazing on these systems is that it is offered free for citizens. now one may ask about the quality of the systems.. from my friends and readings, the health care systems really work for those countries. good things deserve attention. bad things deserve attention too. the good things are the health systems of the countries mentioned. the bad things are the complaints and inaccessibility of health care in the US (as the documentary presents) although some of my friends would corroborate the facts of the film. moore has a sharp eye for issues that rub on our sensibilities and preconceived beliefs. i like the film and i like his style.

Oh, I have not seen this Movie yet, but I am really wanting to rent it. I am curious to see what he has to say about the Health Care system, etc. and how it has to relate with our Government as a whole. As for Farenheit 911, this movie was awesome, and one I feel anyone who has never seen it, needs too, and see for themselves what type of people we have running the United States. All it did for me, is confirm the reason I will never Vote Republican again when it comes to President of the United States.

My husband and I watched this movie about two or three weeks ago. It disturbed me greatly also to see things that are going on. I knew the insurance problem was bad but I didn't realize how bad until I watched the movie. I don't always agree with Michael Moore but on this one I did have to agree. My husband is a big fan of Mr. Moore.

No, this man has created a side of this country HE wants us to think we see, using half truths, non-truths and cleverly twisted truths. And a side of the cuban government that exists in his own little fantasy universe. So I'm trying to hide the truth? I'm part of the plot? Because I have this opinion? I have never been denied medical care at my hospital or medical center. I have never not been able to get a perscription I needed nore have I ever been given substandard car because of my lack of insurance. I now get insurance from my own hospital, a private fund set up for such things and it works amazingly. I wont deny some things need to be done to get health care to the 15 million or so who have no means of paying for it. But Government is absolutely not the answer, nor is it their fault. IT'S NOT THERE PROBLEM. We're talking about a group of people who couldn't find their own asss with both hands, nap and GPS. The people who cant stop someone from sneaking under a fence. The people who pay $400 dollars for a toilet seat. THESE are the people ou want to run your healthcare?????????? Afew facts reguarding Mr. Moore and Cuban healthcare claims: Moore did not visit representative hospitals, but only elite institutions. The United Nations report that Moore relies upon to support his claims of qualit of healthcare in Cuba did not gather any data. It simply repeated data given to it by the Cuban government itself. Cuba's fetal mortality rates are grossly understated because of the national practice of aborting sick fetuses before they are born and of classifying a fetus which perishes within a few hours of being born as never having been born at all. Moore said, "All the independent health organizations in the world, and even our own CIA, believes that the Cubans have a pretty good health system. And they do, in fact, live longer than we do." when asked, the CIA, stated that it never made such a claim about Cuban health care and said that its information shows americans live significantly longer on average than Cubans. Fidel was almost killed by his doctors, they imported a real one from Spain. In South Africa the government imported Cuban doctors to fill gaps at the primary level, ie rural clinics. They were mostly a disaster. Apart from the serious language problems, reports of incompetence were rife. For more on the real cuba, see this link: http://cubatruthproject.blogspot.com/2007/05/michael-moore-and-cuba.html So about our healthcare. Michael is right about one thing. We need to do something. But glorifying a government like Castro's and holding up propagandists with absolute and definitively open political agenda's is not a good start. "It doesn't seem that the politiations care a bit about us citizens" Then why did you vote for them? there are 47 political parties in this country and since political parties aren't a wing of the government or even ran by the government, it's the fault of apathetic sheeple voters that we have government officials that don't SEEM to care about us. I don't want the government in my living room, my bedroom, I don't want them listening in on my phone conversations, people have been screaming about that one but they are willing to turn an even bigger portion of their privacy and personal control over to the the government by allowing them in to our doctor's office and hospital beds?

I have not seen the movie..but Michael Moore sure knows how to bring things to light.

I have both of these movies on my Blockbuster queue. I'm thinking about moving them up towards the top. I REALLY want to see "Sicko" and am looking forward to it. I don't have a preconceived idea about Michael Moore one way or another, so I think I will be able to come to my own conclusions after hearing the points he has to make. Even if some of his ideas are the truth the way he sees it, watching things like this is a great way to start your own mind thinking. Thanks for the recommendation, Blue!

I've thought about watching it but probably won't. I don't like the man. He likes to twist things and omit information that doens't help his side of the story. Now before I get slammed I am a democrat and I am a liberal. I watched Fahernite 9/11 and thought it was good until I did my own research on the subject and discovered how wrong he was on a lot of points. He's an extremist, just as bad as the far right wing conservatives.