Michael Moore's New Diagnosis

With his latest work Sicko, the filmmaker takes on healthcare. He talks to TIME about HMOs, getting booed and loving France

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Michael Moore explores America's health care system in his documentary SICKO .

Here’s something that won’t surprise you: Michael Moore has some gripes about how things are going in this country — and he wants to share them with you. The filmmaker behind such blistering hits as Fahrenheit 9/11 , Bowling for Columbine and Roger & Me , Moore, 53, is back with Sicko , his soon-to-be released take on the U.S. health-care industry.

The movie, screened for TIME, is double-barreled Moore, a mix of familiar numbers (47 million uninsured Americans, the ever rising cost of care) and chilling moments (the 18-month-old baby who dies of a seizure when she’s denied emergency-room access,...

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