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This documentary has made me think about issues that I have never had to think about before, for instance, health care. Having medical insurance in America is more important than young people fail to realize. “Sicko” is an interesting, informative, sad yet at times funny movie. Michael Moore’s style is serious with a little sense of humor, so that the movie wasn’t so intense and gloomy. Moore is showing us the health care system through his eyes. He clearly likes to make documentary movies that bring light to matters in the world that some people know nothing about. This was my first documentary movie I have seen and I would definitely be opened up to watch more.
The health care situation in America is cruel. Dr Linda Peeno says, “Any doctor
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