Sicko
- Director: Michael Moore
- Writer: Michael Moore
- Producer: Chris Aldred; Amelia Green-Dove
CGiii Comment
It kind of makes you proud not to be an American - apologies, this really is a sorry state of affairs - Obama, it's over to you.
Keep the poor/ill man down.
Revelatory and sad. So very sad.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 U.K., and France. Moore contrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. 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 U.S. 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?"
Cast & Characters
Michael Moore as Himself;
Tucker Albrizzi as Himself;
Tony Benn as Himself;
George W. Bush as Himself;
Reggie Cervantes as Herself;
Bill Clinton as Himself;
Hillary Rodham Clinton as Herself;
Billy Crystal as Himself;
John Graham as Himself;
Aleida Guevara as Herself;
William Maher as Himself;
Richard Nixon as Himself;
Patrick Pedraja;
Linda Peeno as Herself