Michael Moore's latest mockumentary, "Sicko," is about as subtle as a sledgehammer in bashing our cockamamie health care system, and his lens is way too rose-colored in extolling the virtues of a government-run, single-payer alternative. However, his essential point is valid--that dealing with doctors, hospitals and insurers is too often no better than a shell game, and it's a disgrace we cannot summon the political will to fill the life-threatening gaps facing insured and uninsured Americans alike.

Mr. Moore is very clever in his approach. He doesn't focus on the 45-to-50 million uninsured--the crowd already likely to back universal health insurance because it is literally better than nothing.

Instead, he tries to scare the life out of those who should feel secure--the ones with coverage, whose support will be desperately needed to force changes in the status quo.

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