'Sicko' director Michael Moore got bogged down in petty arguments over some of the numbers cited in his documentary while appearing on CNN this week, but managed to get some very compelling points across as well in this ongoing debate about problems undermining our health care security.
While appearing on Larry King's softball tournament (I love Larry, but he's not exactly Mike Wallace when trying to pin down a subject–whether the guest is Colin Powell or Paris Hilton), Mr. Moore responded to critics who hammered him for suggesting that health care is “free” in nations with single-payer systems.
These critics point out that universal health care is far from free, as citizens in these countries pay much higher taxes than here in the USA.
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