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Friday, June 15, 2007
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Canadian Health Care is Great... Unless You're Canadian

There is some interesting reaction to Michael Moore's latest "documentary" Sicko... from Canadian Journalists:

Michael Moore is handing out fake bandages to promote his new film Sicko, an exposé of the failings of the U.S. health care system.

But he may feel like applying a couple to himself after the mauling he received yesterday from several Canadian journalists – present company included – following the film's first viewing at the Cannes Film Festival.
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While justifiably demonstrating the evils of an American system where dollars are the major determinant of the quality of medicare care a person receives, and where restoring a severed finger could cost an American $60,000 compared to nothing at all for a Canadian, Sicko makes it seem as if Canada's socialized medicine is flawless and that Canadians are satisfied with the status quo.
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Other Canadian journalists spoke of the long wait times Canadians face for health care, much longer than the few minutes Moore suggests in Sicko. Moore, who has come under considerable fire for factual inaccuracies in his films, parried back with more questionable claims.

Michael Moore... inaccurate?  Nooooo.  But I'm sure he'll win another Oscar.  At the very least, let's stop calling his films documentaries... because they are far from it.

Via Cato at Liberty.

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