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    “Sicko” is a documentary produced by Michael Moore that focuses on health care in America.The documentary provides an in depth understanding and analysis of the unceasing health care problems in America. Most of these problems result from the corruption present in the American health insurance industry. The message that Michael Moore is trying to get across to his audience is that of the immortality within the American health care system. Michael Moore is able to get his message across to the public

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    being denied the right to medical treatment? In the film Sicko Michael Moore argues that other countries have free health care and America doesn’t. He also claims that people with free health care in France, Canada, Britain, and Cuba live longer than Americans. Ones belief in the validity of the arguments presented on this film is that Michael Moore is evidently being truthful and he does this by presenting various real life examples. Moore interviews several people who are struggling with their health

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    In Michael Moore’s “Idiot Nation”, he argues that there is a lack of proper education in the nation, but this high level of “functional illiterates” has nothing to do with awful teachers (although some may be) or lack of motivation from students, but from a dysfunctional education system. Moore claims that the American education system has been neglected by political leaders and corrupted by corporations that schools turn to for aid. This claim may not sit well with many and may even be misinterpreted

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    Michael Moore: Leftist firebrand and documentarian Many of Michael Moore's documentaries focus upon the class wars Moore believes are simmering beneath the surface of American society. In the case of Sicko, the class war is between the needs of middle-class and poor Americans versus the financial interests of large, powerful health insurance companies. Unlike health insurance companies, consumers do not have lobbyists in Washington influencing politicians to represent their interests. Health insurance

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    Average Teens So many American teens feel it is okay to be average, but why? Michael Moore and Mike Rose’s friends relate to education in America in a way of how we live this “Idiot Nation” and how low our intelligence level seems to be. This idiot nation is filled with lost and unintelligent Americans who don’t realize how wonderful we have it. Michael Moore states important points of what this country has come down to. He mentions that we Americans need to learn how to find the truth by ourselves

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    Michael Moore’s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 is a visual that critiques President George W. Bush’s regime, particularly with regard to the handling of the “war on terror.” Moore stresses the questionable ethical nature of the post-9/11 policies put in place by the Bush administration, particularly as they give a new meaning to the U.S. relationship between censorship and freedom. In this manner, the documentary challenges the Bush’s administration construction of America’s morality as self-serving

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    HMO vs. NHS HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) and NHS (National Healthcare Service) have been a controversial topic for many years. I watched a movie entitled, “Sicko.” It is a documentary that was written and directed by Michael Moore. The Documentary investigates the American health system and compares it to the National Healthcare Service in many other parts of the world. One of the countries that have socialized medical care sits directly above the United States. It is Canada. The horror

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    narrative created by Michael Moore that puts an spotlights on medical insurance in America.The narrative gives an inside and out comprehension and examination of the endless human services issues in America. A large part of these issues result from the defilement show in the American medical coverage industry. The message that Michael Moore is attempting to get crosswise over to his crowd is that of the everlasting status inside the American healthcare insurance framework. Mr. Moore Sicko documentary

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    Critical Essay In Rereading America an excerpt by Michael Moore entitled “Idiot Nation” focuses on the collapsing educational system in the United States of America. Moore brings to light his view on the failures of the educational system and the lack of financing that has been caused from the top of the food chain. Politicians as well as American corporations contribute to the decline in education according to Moore. He attempts to give the reader a clear picture of where America places the

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    In his essay, “Idiot Nation,” Michael Moore directly conveys the horrid truth behind American education when he utters the sheer words, “the knowledge (students) acquire in school is not going to serve them throughout their lifetimes. Many of them will have four to five careers in a lifetime. It will be their ability to navigate information that will matter” (Moore 141). According to Moore, American education today is by no means preparing students for the real world of work. In fact, he infers that

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