The Insiders' View: Expert Patients on Michael Moore's Sicko

What does it mean when a notorious filmmaker makes a controversial health documentary that half the country touts as genius and the other half dismisses as trash? Is Michael Moore right in his assertion that America's healthcare system is antiquated and unacceptable?

From the front lines of the doctor's offices, on-hold phone calls and emergency rooms, our Experts have seen it all. David Mendosa, Teri Robert and John McManamy tell it like it is, and give their views on the documentary that has set off an explosion of opinions about America's healthcare system.

You can't call a disturbing documentary like this fun, but, just like Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (which I saw a few months ago on DVD), it's a film that I am glad to have witnessed... The message I got from the film is that what is truly shameful is the lobbying influence of big HMOs and big pharma... Read more

Yesterday was Fourth of July. I love my country, which is why I want it back, along with everything it stands for. Sicko, by provocateur Michael Moore, is a strong indictment on the American healthcare system. There is nothing controversial about the film. Everything in it is frighteningly true... Read more

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