An Hour with Michael Moore on "Sicko"

His Trip to Cuba with 9/11 Rescue Workers, the Removal of Private Healthcare Companies & Clinton's Ties to Insurance Companies: "They're into Her Pocket and She's Into Their Pocket And I Don't Expect Much From Her"

We turn the show in to NBC that week, and we get a call from the censor. They're not called "the censor," they're called Standards & Practices. And so, this woman calls. She's the head of Standards & Practices -- Dr. Somebody. I don't know they -- she actually had a "Dr." before her name, but I forget her last name now. But she calls, and she says, "Mike, Cuba can't win." I said, "What?" "Cuba can't win." "Well, they won. What do you mean they can't win? ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
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Posted by: Posted by Julian Friedland - Jun 18, 2007 - 10:18 PM PDT
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Julian Friedland
4.8
by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

Outstanding in almost every way. A must see. You won't get this on mainstream news. As the teaser above indicates, certain truths are too unwelcome for myriad corporate underwriters.

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Kyle Klipowicz
4.9
by Kyle Klipowicz - Oct. 1, 2008

Fascinating discussion about the state of healthcare in the U.S. It made me very interested in seeing the movie. I hope that this will turn a few heads and get people concentrating about cutting the killing money and turning it into healing money instead.

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Terry Hinshaw
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by Terry Hinshaw - Oct. 1, 2008

Paraphrasing from memory, someone once said that the silliness of Moore’s oeuvre is so self-evident that being able to spot it is not liberal or conservative either; it’s a basic intelligence test, like the ability to match square peg with square hole.

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