Sicko (2007)

The documentary takes a look at health care in the United States as provided by profit-oriented health maintenance organizations (HMOs) compared to free, universal care in Canada, the United Kingdom and France. Director Michael Moore contrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. about cost, quality and salaries. He examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons’ reform effort failed in the 1990s. He talks to U.S. expatriates in Paris about French services and takes three 9/11 clean-up volunteers who developed respiratory problems to Cuba for care.

Adina Nack, CLU associate professor of sociology, will introduce the film and facilitate a panel discussion.

Admission is free. The Reel Justice Documentary Series features films that touch on the themes of equality and social justice.