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Hi all,
If you have not yet done it, I urge you to make plans to see the new Michael Moore documentary Sicko, which opened wide in the U.S. yesterday.
This is a 113 minute account of the sad state of affairs that has become the American system of health care since 1971.
This is not a partisan piece, or election year propaganda. Anyone who depends on the American system of health care and is concerned about its costs should see it regardless of where they fall in the political spectrum. One of the disturbing points it makes is that having health care insurance does not guarantee you will be taken care of, especially if you have some health catastrophe that requires an expensive procedure.
Check your local theater listings for showtimes. AMC seems to be one theater chain showing it.
More information here
I've taken several college, graduate classes, and have read several books about the state of America's health care system, so I don't think I'll be giving Michael Moore any of my money. People should be better educated about the vast number of problems with America's health care though.
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I have not seen it, so I have no business commenting.
But, if it's like anything else moore has done it is partisan and it is propaganda.
That's not to say I disagree with him.
I would not call films by moore, gore etc. documenatries.
Again, I'm in agreement with most of what he has to say. But it's not all factual and his previous films contained many errors.
David L.
Everything the governments pumps out is propoganda.
The movie is available all over the internet as a free download. Here is one of the places:
[URL]http://www.mininova.org/tor/750952[/URL]
Stormy
LoL, if someone wasn't going to suggest bittorrent, I was... =P