Sicko

Well...last night I finally got to watch the latest Michael Moore film and once again, I feel like he knocked it out of the park. Now, I am fully aware of how controversial this film is and I'm also aware Moore set out with his own agenda. People claimed that he exaggerated parts, cherry picked facts, and even blatantly lied in some places. Ignoring all the facts and numbers Moore presented, you can't ignore the health crisis in America. How lobbyists are running the country. Hospitals dumping disoriented patients on the street. Cancer treatments being denied because they're still "experimental". The good people over at our insurance companies would rather save money, than your life. People in third world countries are getting better health care than we are.The whole "plot" of the document

If you have not seen the transcript of the Obama's meeting in San Fran Sicko, well, The Nose on Your Face has a secret transcript of it. Greetings, San Francisco comrades. I can’t tell you how great it is to...

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Courtesy of MichaelMoore.com I guess I’m slow. I’ve heard that before. But I finally got to see Michael Moore’s documentary on the American Healthcare System. This was my very first Michael Moore documentary. I didn’t watch bowling for Columbine or Fahrenheit 9/11. Prior to watching this film I thought that Michael Moore was pretty obnoxious. Not [...]

Michael Moore documentary about the health care system in the USA. He compares the American system of private health insurance with the socialized health care (free at the point of need) in Canada, the UK, France, and Cuba. He meets a number of US citizens, including 9/11 volunteer rescue workers, who have been denied service by their health insurance companies or cannot afford to pay the hospital and doctors' bills. In the US, health care is not universal and is not free. The health insurance companies want to make profits, even if that means denying their clients access to treatments that could save their lives. It's no wonder such a system lets people down. This system was introduced by the Nixon administration in 1971 and Hillary Clinton failed to deliver the reforms that she promised when she was Bill's First Lady. And now she's running for president - on that record?Moore has seemingly heeded criticism of his earlier films, particularly Fahrenheit 9/11, when he appeared too p

The cliché in so often mocked in movie trailers: “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry” but it is truly applicable when it comes to SiCKO, Michael Moore’s contentious documentary on the disastrous privatized American healthcare system. What is frightening is not how much the government and the lobbyists have the American public by its testicles, but rather [...]

Michael Moore’s next documentary is comparing highly profitable healthcare industry to other countries’, and HMO horror stories told in a humorous and satiric way, pretty much Michael Moore’s trademark style he used in previous movies such as Fahrenheit 911. George W. Bush, John Graham, Richard Nixon, William Maher and others star as themselves.If you liked this post, buy me a beerShare This

Moore and Controversy"The Keep Our NHS Public campaign is calling for an investigation into the probity of three American corporations given a key role in the NHS under new government reforms. The corporations, Humana, Aetna and UnitedHealth, are featured heavily in Michael Moore's new film Sicko, to be launched at the London Film Festival on 24 October, which exposes the practices used by healthcare companies to deny treatments in the US. Former Health Secretary Frank Dobson is tabling questions in Parliament today 22 October, which ask Alan Johnson if he "will ensure that no healthcare organisations indicted for fraud against the federal or state governments in the US are given contracts to provide services for the NHS or NHS patients." The government this month published a list of 14 companies, including Humana, Aetna and UnitedHealth, that it wants to see take over the role of 'commissioning', or buying healthcare for NHS patients. These companies will gain control over which tr

Naked NurseOriginally uploaded by justphotoimage.I'm sure you have read about the high school student who died as the result of a treatment-resistant staph infection which prompted Virginia officials to shut down 21 schools to keep the illness from spreading. But in Britain, where everyone can rely on the great National Health System touted as superior to ours, more than a thousand patients at just three hospitals were infected with the Clostridium difficile bacterium between 2004 and 2006:Sweetness and Light, 11 Oct 2007,345 Die In UK Hospitals - From Poor SanitationThree hospitals in Kent were so decrepit, overcrowded, understaffed and badly managed that when a lethal bacterial infection took hold it spread unchecked, causing death and disease on an unprecedented scale. ... An investigation by the Healthcare Commission, published in June 2006, blamed “serious failings” by senior managers who gave priority to government targets and control of their finances and ignored warnings

Fuente: OnLine Decir que Sicko es un juego de palabras que hace referencia a una persona moralmente desestabilizada “con actitudes enfermizas u obscenas” es una verdad a medias. A partir del mes pasado hemos tenido la oportunidad de conocer sobre "Sicko" el nuevo documental de Michael Moore que nos interna en el sistema de salud en los Estados Unidos con énfasis en las grandes compañías

Usually it’s Pablo who gets the horrible cough. Right now, though, it’s Mallory! She’s in bad shape today. She coughed all night and she’s really snotty, too. Poor bug. I’m keeping her home today, so we can all sit around and relax. Oooh, I just heard about six sneezes too. She sneezes like her daddy - hehe! Violently! I’m going to try to get some stuff done around here today. Time to tackle Mount Laundry, I think.

The Weinstein Co are re-releasing Michael Moore’s Sicko this weekend and I can totally understand why. The re-release will give American audiences one more chance to catch the most amazing documentary on the big screen. Moore will also be making another appearance on Oprah to follow up on his appearance from months ago. Moore’s first Sicko appearance on the show caused Oprah to become inundated with letters from viewers who wanted to share their own health care horror stories. A Number of those who wrote in will appear alongside Michael Moore on today’s show, along with the head of the health insurance lobby in D.C Written by Lucy for Product ReviewsIn Sections: Film News, News

Voto: Vedere quella barca che da Miami parte verso Cuba (anzi verso Guantanamo) con tanto di bandiera americana sventolante, e i contorni inconfondibili di Michael Moore, è un’immagine che colpisce il cuore. Vedere questo uomo, goffo e pesante, fare domande e ottenere risposte, vederlo immergersi nella densità delle cose, degli avvenimenti, dei fatti, vederlo scavare [...]

Venerdì sera ho visto pure il nuovo film di Michael Moore: Sicko. [In questa settimana ho visto più film (2) che negli ultimi mesi]. A pensarci sono andato a vedere un documentario di due ore sulla sanità americana che, detto così, può sembrare un mattone senza appello. Invece come sempre riesce a fare quel simpatico ciccione di Moore, pur nella drammaticità di molte situazioni raccontate nella pellicola, si ride (o forse solo si sorride amaro) spesso e i 123 minuti scivolano via che neanche ce ne si accorge. Emerge che nel Paese più industrializzato e (forse?) democratico sulla Terra, il sistema sanitario nazionale, tutto in mano ai privati e quindi alle assicurazioni, diventa un sistema in cui solo chi è ricco e ha i soldi può permettersi di pagare le cure. Gli altri si attaccano e tirano forte. Un vero e proprio paradosso, oltre che un’enorme contraddizione. Guai a parlare di sanità pubblica. Viene presentato poi il confronto con altre realtà: i vicini di casa Canad

Well, i saw Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko” about 2 months ago, and i had so much to say that the post became a beast of a post in my head, and i never actually poured it out…. Until now, where i just read the best critical review of the movie, and so, i’ll just let you go read it after i say my peace. You’ve all probably either already seen the movie or heard about it, so i won’t detail it up. Here’s the way i see it… Michael Moore is SO biased, that the parts of the movie that are ACTUALLY worth learning from, are lost on me because he doesn’t try to paint a fair picture… I haven’t had much experience with the US healthcare system in the 5 years i lived there, but I’m so happy that he chose to speak of England, France and Canada, because i’ve lived in England 22 years, I spend 4 months a year in France every year for 18 years, I’ve lived over 3 years in Canada and my sister has lived in Canada

SiCKO è un commovente ritratto del sistema sanitario statunitense (folle, spesso crudele, ma sempre desideroso di profitti), raccontato dal punto di vista di alcune persone comuni, che si trovano ad affrontare delle sfide straordinarie e strazianti nella loro ricerca di un’assistenza medica di base. (more…)

I have not seen Sicko, nor do I intend to, as a matter of fact I have never seen a Michael Moore film. That said in my defense I put forward the following theory as to why healthcare in Cuba, Canada and Europe has a one up on the U.S. system. I’m sure this point is not made in the film, but it deserves to be if it’s going to be honest. A friend of mine left work early yesterday to have some work done on one of his eyes; what exactly the problem to be resolved is I am not sure, so I won’t be going into the science of it all. As I saw him in the hall he mentioned that he was taking off shortly for the work and I said or asked back, ‘won’t be in tomorrow?’ He said, ‘oh no, I will.’ The problem with his eye was very recently identified and this goes to the crux of my argument. Were he in Cuba, Canada or Europe he would be in the office today. Why? Were he in Cuba, Canada or Europe, the surgery appointment would have never been scheduled this early.Trackbac

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. purchased 33.4 percent of Lion’s Gate stock -- over 40 Million -- shares one week prior to the scheduled opening of Michael Moore's controversial film "Sicko". Originally, Lion’s Gate had planned a wide release of SICKO in over 1,600 theaters nationwide on June 29, 2007, but one week prior to the release the number was reduced to a mere 400. This decision was made the same week Dr. Rachesky purchased Lion’s Gate stock. Could this be pure coincidence? The Zetetic August 4, 2007

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. purchased 33.4 percent of Lion’s Gate stock -- over 40 Million -- shares one week prior to the scheduled opening of Michael Moore's controversial film "Sicko". Originally, Lion’s Gate had planned a wide release of SICKO in over 1,600 theaters nationwide on June 29, 2007, but one week prior to the release the number was reduced to a mere 400. This decision was made the same week Dr. Rachesky purchased Lion’s Gate stock. Could this be pure coincidence? The Zetetic August 4, 2007

I just spent an hour trying to order Real Rhapsody from the Internet when it should have taken five minutes at most. Am I really that retarded? It's just like I've always said. The world is crazy, not the individual. I set out to research why this elementary task of using a Visa could become so difficult for a reasonably intelligent person. Okay, I did mess the numbers up during the first attempt. I proof read and made the necessary corrections then re-entered them. I then received a message my address was wrong so the order couldn't be processed. I put in my address every way imaginable but still no luck. I put in my old address, still no cigar. Alas! I remembered that the bank had made an error with the street number when I applied for the card 3 years ago. I had instructed them to fix it at least 10 times over the past but the thought that they probably never had done so dawned upon me and I decided to try entering an address where I don't live and never have lived. This wa

I just spent an hour trying to order Real Rhapsody from the Internet when it should have taken five minutes at most. Am I really that retarded? It's just like I've always said. The world is crazy, not the individual. I set out to research why this elementary task of using a Visa could become so difficult for a reasonably intelligent person. Okay, I did mess the numbers up during the first attempt. I proof read and made the necessary corrections then re-entered them. I then received a message my address was wrong so the order couldn't be processed. I put in my address every way imaginable but still no luck. I put in my old address, still no cigar. Alas! I remembered that the bank had made an error with the street number when I applied for the card 3 years ago. I had instructed them to fix it at least 10 times over the past but the thought that they probably never had done so dawned upon me and I decided to try entering an address where I don't live and never have lived. This

McDonald executive Fred Turner decided yesterday to pull Sicko Happy Meals from its restaurants. The largest restaurant corporation in the world made the decision to disassociate their popular combination meal aimed at children from Michael Moore's health care documentary after parents complained that the the meal's toy, a realistic-looking set of kidney stones for the boys and a wheezing baby doll for the girls, made some of the children ill. Michael Moore, reacted to the decision angrily, claiming that the meals were intended to cause middle class children discomfort and that McDonald's corporation made the decision because children tended to eat less and, thus cost McDonald's money, "They're mad because they can't pump as many poisons into our children. This is outrageous! Where was McDonald's when Bush decided to invade Iraq?" McDonald's plans to replace the Sicko Happy Meal with one based on the hit movie, Knocked up and featuring toy contraceptives. McDonald's sp

O hipermoderna está parado no tempo. Michael Moore lançou Sicko no festival de Cannes e eu nem fiquei sabendo! Absurdo, shame on me. Mas como Sicko ainda não estreou no Brasil (né?), não estou tão atrasada assim. Fiquei sabendo através deste blogue sobre a nova produção do Michael Moore (amo) que trata do sistema de saúde dos EUA. Algo muito próximo do sistema brasileiro, imagino eu, já que depois de assistir aos filmes do Michael Moore e ler seus livros descobri o quão semelhantes os EUA e o Brasil na verdade são. Eu pessoalmente amei esse nome do filme e o pôster! Em tempo… Michael Moore está sofrendo um processo do governo norte-americano por ter levado pessoas que ficaram doentes no 11 de setembro (e não conseguem tratamento médico adequado em seu país) à Cuba, em busca de uma cura - o que é proibido por lei, já que Cuba so

If you want to find the real story of Canada’s failed Universal Healthcare system, look no further than America’s boarder cities. The Buffalo News just reported a story about, Lindsay McCreith, a 66 year-old Canadian retired auto body shop owner. This story, accurately reported by Henry L. Davis, demonstrates why Michael Moore’s new propaganda film, “Sicko” is patently misleading.McCreith experienced seizures on Jan. 2, 2006, and was diagnosed with a benign tumor based on a CT scan. A physician at a Canadian hospital declined to order an MRI to rule out a malignancy. McCreith’s family doctor agreed to request the more-definitive scan, but McCreith was told he would have to wait over four months for the appointment.According to McCreith, had he been patient and followed the Canadian system, he would have died. Instead, McCreith went to Buffalo to receive treatment the very next day. In Buffalo, he was told he had a malignant tumor, which required a biopsy. After tryin

Michael Moore's new film, SICKO, remains under heavy scrutiny and heated debate. According to the Cuban doctors featured in the film, the three New York rescue workers injured in the September 11 attacks got the best treatment available in Cuba.The American 9/11 responders were treated for 10 days at Hermanos Almejeiras Hospital--Cuba's top-of-the-line hospital for heart and liver transplants--with a view of the Caribbean Sea, unlike most other Cuban hospitals that are crumbling, poorly lit and lacking equipment. Said Cuban medical director Dr. Nelson Gomez, "We can't say we did miracles in the few days they were here. What we did give them was the highest quality treatment. It was totally free." Moore used communist Cuba as one of several examples of countries that are providing better health care to its citizens than the United States, even though their health care systems are 100 percent free. According to the World Health Organization, 7 out of 1,000 children die in Cuba befor

Josue has a great post on his Townhall blog on Cuban health care. Here's the relevant quote which Josue got from The Real Cuba: One of the greatest fallacies about the so called 'Cuban Revolution' has to do with healthcare. Foreigners who visit Cuba, are fed the official line from Castro's propaganda machine: "All Cubans are now able to receive excellent healthcare, which is also free." But the truth is very different. Castro has built excellent health facilities for the use of foreigners, who pay with hard currency for those services. Argentinean soccer star Maradona, for example, has traveled several times to Cuba to receive treatment to combat his drug addiction. But Cubans are not even allowed to visit those facilities. Cubans who require medical attention must go to other hospitals, that lack the most minimum requirements needed to take care of their patients. In addition, most of these facilities are filthy and patients have to bring their own towels, bed sheets, pillows,

When you’re a broke college student, anytime you can go to the movies for free is good. So here’s a free download of Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” It was leaked online, and because Moore feels so strongly about everyone seeing this movie, he’s not prosecuting anyone who downloads it. And when you’re on that website, it has links to the free viewers that you can download too to watch it, so it’s like a two-fer on this sucker. Now you’ll excuse me, I need to make me some popcorn… [via the forums and my father-in-law]Technorati Tags: free, michael moore, sicko, movie Share This

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I'm happy to report that I was wrong. With both his curveball and fastball still intact, Michael Moore's Sicko is no different in tone than any of his previous efforts. Alternately informative and infuriating, Moore still finds plenty of time for his sardonic wit to shine through.Through possibly an easy task, those that spend their time picking holes in Moore's arguments and/or railing him for his stunts (he attempts to take a group of folks to Guantanamo Bay for treatment, for example) are wasting their time and missing the point. Slanted as Moore may be, and however uninformed he may be in regards to the health care systems in place in Canada, France, et al, Moore's heart and head are squarely in the right place at all times. He sees a (big) problem with the US health care system and is looking at countries that maybe, just possibly, have a better system.Amongst my few complaints with Sicko is Moore's inability to let the past go. Despite my feelings for Bush and his administra

Michael Moore has done it again. In a deja vu of the 2004 presidential race, he has made an emotionally-charged (and carefully-timed) documentary about the other most hotly debated issue of the current election: healthcare. Following his success three years ago with the Palm d’Or-winning “Farenheit 9/11,” Moore once again took his project before cheering audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, this time adding a criminal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security to the aura of controversy surrounding his work. “SiCKO” is Moore’s ode to the movement for universal, free healthcare in America. The film features an array of tear-jerking interviews with Americans whose lives have been ruined by profit-seeking HMOs, alongside shocking confessions by individuals who’ve worked inside the health insurance industry. These salespeople, doctors, and claims investigators candidly disclose how, when it comes to clients with the slightest indication of past health problems (an

At a press conference in 04′, Michael Moore said, he doesn’t mind if people watch his movies illegally, because hes doing well… Well Michael Moore since you don’t mind, neither do I, so after the jump, I present to you all Sicko. Warning: After viewing this movie, it will cause serious contempt towards the American Government, and if you do live in the US it will also cause you to consider moving abroad for permanent residence (I know I have..), but if you don’t mind those repercussions, enjoy SiCKO. (more…) Related PostsFreeway ft. Jay-Z - ‘Big Spender Prod. by Dame Grease’Free TKToday is free comic book day…

PETA has a message for Michael Moore: You’re the Sicko.The animal-rights group is blasting the filmmaker as a hypocrite for criticizing the U.S. health care system in his new documentary, “Sicko,” because they say he’s in such poor health himself.(Michael has not done, or said, anything to PETA!) “There’s an elephant in the room, and it is you,” PETA president Ingrid Newkirk wrote in a letter to Moore.Newkirk urged the rotund Moore to become a vegetarian, which many nutritionists say is a good way to lose weight, and visit PETA’s Web site GoVeg.com for veggie recipes. Writes Newkirk: “As they say at Nike: ‘Just do it.”Peta has a reputation for trying to sensationalize everything, but comments like that about Michael Moore are hitting below the belt. (Whether he has to loosen it or not!)So, I have this to say to Mr. Newkirk; "Just Kiss It!!"Your "don't mess with me" scribe;Allan W Janssen(Now, I don't think this really applies to Ingrid (!), but you find that a l

On our way to get Henry a mouse, the wonderful husband and I were listening to Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me on our local NPR affiliate. It was the "Not My Job" section of the show and Michael Moore was the guest. Michael Moore makes me laugh. I may not always agree with him but his humor and editing are top notch. The first film I ever saw of Michael Moore's was Roger & Me. It was a required film in

With the release of Michael Moore’s “Sicko,” a movie once again is adding sizzle to an issue that’s a high priority for liberal politicians — this time comprehensive health insurance for all. But unlike Al Gore’s film on global warming, which helped rally support on an equally controversial problem, “Sicko” is creating an awkward situation for the leading Democratic presidential candidates.Rejecting Moore’s prescription on healthcare could alienate liberal activists, who will play a big role in choosing the party’s next standard-bearer. However, his proposal — wiping out private health insurance and replacing it with a massive federal program — could be political poison with the larger electorate. Michael Moore wants to do away with private buisnesses in the healthcare industry and replace them with big government. We all know that he took a trip to Cuba to show how Fidel’s healthcare system is better than America’

Okay, I pirated the movie before it was supposed to come out. So sue me (please don’t). Anyway, I’m not the biggest Michael Moore fan. I don’t dislike him as much as many people do, and I admit I’ve enjoyed watching his movies in the past, but I think sometimes he puts a little too much spin on the facts he presents. Sicko, however, I really liked. Sans a short segment about Hilary Clinton, there isn’t really anything I can object to in this movie. It’s a bit sensationalist (especially the part at the end where he goes to Cuba), but doesn’t seem to be as polarizing as his previous movies. Moore tends to go for the emotional appeal, and Sicko is no different. I’ve been very lucky that my health care coverage has paid for all of my costly medical care recently, but many people aren’t so lucky. Health care workers tell stories of denying vital operations to save the company money. A woman shares the painful story of her husband who was

WASHINGTON — With the release of Michael Moore's "Sicko," a movie once again is adding sizzle to an issue that's a high priority for liberal politicians — this time comprehensive health insurance for all. But unlike Al Gore's film on global warming, which helped rally support on an equally controversial problem, "Sicko" is creating an awkward situation for the leading Democratic presidential candidates.Rejecting Moore's prescription on healthcare could alienate liberal activists, who will play a big role in choosing the party's next standard-bearer. However, his proposal — wiping out private health insurance and replacing it with a massive federal program — could be political poison with the larger electorate.At a special screening in Washington this week, politicians, lobbyists, media pooh-bahs and policy junkies flocked to see Moore's film. And its slashing demand for action on an issue that voters care deeply about, and Democrats hope to capitalize on, generated plenty

Whether you are a fan of Michael Moore or not, his new movie, SiCKO, opens next week. It is a look at the current state of the health care system in the United States, and should definitely stir up some controversy. Working in the health care industry, I am sure we all experience the effects the insurance companies and the almighty dollar has on patient care. "Sicko paints a sobering picture of health care in America. It shows sick patients being dumped on skid row in Los Angeles; an accident victim who has to choose which finger to have reattached because he can't afford to pay for both. Some of the worst stories involve those who have insurance but are denied coverage, or who are overwhelmed by high deductibles. In his film, Moore says the consequences are undeniable." -NPR.orgWatch the Trailer Save This Page

The 1985 best-picture nominee “The Color Purple” will be screened as the next feature in the “Great To Be Nominated” series from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.The film will screen on June 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Oscar-nominated live-action short “The Big Snit” will be screened prior to the feature.Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, “The Color Purple” received a total of 11 Academy Award nominations and introduced film audiences to Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. Hoping to spur a fundamental change in health care politics, a national coalition of nurses and doctors on June 18 announced plans to rally around the opening of Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” on June 29.Coined the “Scrubs for SiCKO” campaign, organizers will recruit registered nurses and doctors to every theater in the nation where “SiCKO” opens to ensure that caregivers in “SiCKO” scrubs are in the audience. The lates

June 19, 2007 — HARVEY Weinstein tried to take the bull by the horns when “SiCKO,” Michael Moore’s documentary on the health care system, leaked onto the Internet, allowing people to illegally download and view it for free instead of waiting to pay $8 when the flick hits theaters June 29 . “I hired Kroll Securities, [...]

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Is it wrong that I am SO attracted to this movie? The only joke they didn't pull was Canadian health care...which would have put it over the edge. I'm dying to see this movie even though Fahrenheit 9/11 was a bit overrated. Michael Moore isn't my favorite, by any means, but its about time the Health Care industry came under scrutiny!Special nod to the choice of song. "Street Fighting Man" by the Rolling Stones. Thank god someone knows that song besides me.

Well another film from the same company has been leaked online this week. Michael Moore’s Sicko documentary on the American health care system has apparently been leaked to the masses a few days ago. This news comes just after we found out about Eli Roth’s Hostel Part II getting leaked online as well. Now here comes the funky part, these weren’t any cam releases with jerky movement etc. they were full blown screener releases. Both the movies were extremely watchable although Hostel Part II had a few effects and sounds missing (which Eli says isn’t his movie because of it) and it really is annoying. The leak from inside Lionsgate needs to be flushed out. We need to stand up against these bastards, /Film says that this little leak could lead to a loss of between $5 - $10 million in box office revenues, damn pirates need to be stopped. Michael Moore has spoken out about piracy before and his stance on it is rather sad, here is a quote taken from the fat man himsel

Stewart A. Alexander for President Peace and Freedom Party June 11, 2007 Stewart A. Alexander The major problem with Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” is that the movie is right on; the movie takes aim at America’s healthcare system and how profit and cost has taken priority over patient care. Today America has more than 46 million people that [...]

Michael Moore hits Clinton in 'Sicko' - The PoliticoExcerpt:"Moore's brief political history of American health care policy at first seems to lavish praise on Clinton, if with a satirical, and gendered, edge. (She's introduced as "Sassy...smart...sexy.")But his conclusion is that she sold out. After her defeat in the first Clinton term, he says, she fell silent on the issue. And "for her silence, Hillary was rewarded. And she has been the second-largest recipient in the Senate of healthcare industry contributions."The movie, which like most of his movies, is powerfully made, will probably drive some debate on the issue when it's released at the end of this month. It's basically a commercial for Western Europe, with an over-the-top ode to Cuba tacked onto the end. And Moore isn't personally in sympathy with any of the Democrats."http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0607/Michael_Moore_hits_Clinton_in_Sicko.htmlAlex

Michael Moore is set to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show today to discuss his new film, Sicko. Moore has drawn criticism for his actions in the film which will be released this month on June 29th. In Sicko, Moore takes a number of 9/11 relief workers to Cuba to receive health care. These workers have suffered from a number of severe respiratory and other problems without U.S. government support for their needs. Aside from the typical Moore flair, the film will discuss and highlight the shortcomings of the American healthcare system. Moore will show some clips for the film on the Oprah Winfrey show. Here is the official trailer for the movie:

Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko that is set for release on the 29th June will show for the first time on TV scenes from the movie. He will show these scenes on Oprah’s show on the 5th June. Oprah will interview Moore, about the film that she says, “The one film you must see this summer.” Oprah loved the movie Sicko, and has gave it her full backing as she feels that health care should be available for all. With someone like Oprah behind Moore, there will be no stopping the success of this film. Related on In Entertainment:James Bond: The Ultimate Roger Moore Collector’s Edition Tin DVDJermaine Wants Michael to Become MuslimMichael Jackson to join Jackson’s comeback tourCameron Diaz talks about split from Justin TimberlakeBeyonce’s Smoking

After Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore directed his new documentary movie, Sicko. This time he focused on the American healthcare system and the corruption within.       Release Date : June 29, 2007 Director : Michael Moore Writer : Michael Moore Cast : Michael Moore Studio : Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company Runtime : Website : Trailer : Quick Time : Lo Res Real Player : - Windows Media : - -

A Letter from Michael Moore: 'Sicko' is Socko in Cannes!Excerpt:"and when it was over, they gave it a standing ovation that seemed to go on for nearly 15 minutes!"http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=210Michael Moore SickoAlex

Whatever you think about Michael Moore and his movies, one has to admit that the marketing materials for them have been excellent. And these posters for Sicko are no different. The general design is one that we have seen before in the Fahrenheit 9/11 poster: Michael Moore + some comic elements + clear references to a controversial topic. I think that the poster below is a little funnier, however, the one above is more iconic and memorable. But they both probably do a great job of getting the core audience for the movie excited about it. Preaching to the converted? Maybe, but it will sell tickets. (source)

Salon - "Sicko"Excerpt:"Michael Moore's scathing, important look at the U.S. healthcare system has plenty to rile the far right -- and a lot more to enrage the larger American public."http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/05/20/cannes_4/?source=newsletterAlex

Venerdì a Cannes è stato presentato Sicko, il film diretto da Michael Moore. Il film-denuncia sul sistema sanitario americano e la condanna all’amministrazione Bush è stato applaudito dalla critica e da tutti coloro che erano presenti in sala. Quindi, dopo Fahreneheit 9/11, Michael Moore replica con un altro grandissimo successo che ora attende solo di ritrovare lo stesso consenso avuto al Festival di Cannes anche nelle sale cinematografiche. (more…)

As I was looking through Sunday's paper, suddenly my coffee didn't seem strong enough, so I asked my private barrista to add a shot of whiskey.It seems Michael Moore is proving once again that you can believe George Bush is a total moron, and still be a complete asshole.Lardhead has another movie in the works, which he hopes to premier at Cannes next month. It is called Sicko, and is about how the American government and our health care system has dropped the ball on assisting 9/11 workers.Ok, I think we can all agree that is a disgrace. And I don't really think Americans are as stupid as both George Bush and Michael Moore believe. We don't need someone to constantly expose "the truth to us." Most often we are painfully aware of it, it's just there is nothing we can fucking do about it.And I suppose, since some documentaries are more fictitious than others, we can stand another Moore flick.But, I don't like it when these disabled and sick heroes are manipulated and used, all

New York Post: MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT - TAKES 9/11 WORKERS TO CUBAExcerpt:"Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip.The trip was to be filmed as part of the controversial director's latest documentary, "Sicko," an attack on American drug companies and HMOs that Moore hopes to debut at the Cannes Film Festival next month."http://www.nypost.com/seven/04152007/news/worldnews/moores_sicko_stunt_worldnews_janon_fisher.htmAlex

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.) Michael Moore is doing a new moive called Sicko about the problem with medicine in the US.  As a conservative, I'm no fan of Michael Moore at all.  But as an avid reader of all things alternative health, I think he's tackling a subject that needs a billion-candle spotlight pointed on it. Sadly, because it's Michael Moore doing this film, most if not all from the Right will automatically discredit HUGE problems that do exist in the NIH, CDC, FDA, Big Pharma, et al because of patent law, rules for "health claims", conflicts of interest, shareholder value, hidden bias, and status quo.  If Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine," would that make, "The wrong food is your poison" true? H/T: Fit & Healthy.  More on Digg.

Lance Turkwood, President and CEO of the Society of Homosexual Revelry In Motion Pictures (SHRIMP) is trying to determine the best title for his next film, a 60 minute, direct-to-DVD gay pornographic feature inspired by Michael Moore's health-care-industry-skewering documentary Sicko. "Right now, we're struggling between Dicko and Sucko. Fisto and Swallo ...

Vacillating between Dicko and Sucko as titles for his Sicko-inspired feature, all-male film producer Lance Turkwood fooled everyone, naming his soon-to-be-released feature Slick-Hole. "It's fabulous. It just came to me," explained Turkwood . . . without a hint of irony. Read the original story here.