http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/od_today/sicko Comments for "A spoonful of sugar..., " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/od_today/sicko <p> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/1586175991_987815f936_o.jpg" alt="" width="87" height="123" /> </p> <p> Going to a screening of Michael Moore&#39;s <em>Sicko</em> last week, I was in two minds - does the world really need another Moore &quot;shockumentary&quot;? What was I going to learn other than that in America, you pay?<br /> <br /> A bit more than that, as it turns out. In <em>Sicko</em>, Moore puts the US health care system under the microscope. His main attack is on the country&#39;s Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs), and the willingness of those on Capitol Hill to hand over the reins to the Insurance and Pharmaceutical industries. It&#39;s clear the system is rotten, he says, and must be overhauled. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/od_today/sicko" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/od_today/sicko">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/od_today/sicko#comment Grace Davies oD Today Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:41:29 +0100 Grace Davies 34829 at http://www.opendemocracy.net