Moore’s latest fictumentary more liberal propaganda
Any conservative going anywhere near Michael Moore’s new fictumentary, Sicko, would need to wear motorcycle sunglasses to enter the theater unrecognized. According to early reports, there’s not much they’d be interested in seeing, anyway, as it is just more of Moore’s typical truth distortions and outright propaganda.
The main injustice he focuses on is the tendency of insurers to deny expensive procedures and claims, typically due to failure of patients to obtain pre-approval for procedures. While such situations typically tick people off, what Sicko Moore doesn’t acknowledge in his screed is that such injustices are not all that common. It happens - no one denies that - but the film gives one the impression it’s happening at a rate far more often than what is actually taking place.
The film also fails to acknowledge that there are extenuating circumstances to some of the denials. Sometimes these extenuating circumstances legitimately make the insurers look bad because they’re being shifty. But sometimes the patients are at fault, too.
The main weakness of Sicko Moore’s film, though, is that is solution is a massive, government-run health care system that looks to government to be something it never has been: more efficient, cost effective and cutting-edge than the private sector. In essence, therefore, the film boils down to a campaign propaganda piece for Hillary’s White House bid.
Considering Obama is beating Hillary in most polls these days and there’s talk of Gore launching a new bid in which he might blow both Obama and Hillary out of the water, Moore may have climbed on board the wrong Democratic bandwagon.
Tags: Michael Moore, motorcycle sunglasses, Sicko
