A one sided perspective

To me Michael Moore is the ultimate idealist and his outlook on health care clearly colors his documentary "Sicko" in a biased way. There's certainly no question that there are problems with the United States health care system...I think we have all (at least to some extent) come to this realization by this point.  Sicko does an adequate job of pointing out glaring flaws, issues, and providing a worldly perspective.  But certainly, other systems are not infallible, gold standards in which the US should model its health delivery systems.  

Michael Moore does an excellent job painting vivid pictures by using melodramatic, isolated stories (boohoo!). This does an inadequate job of displaying certain undisputed truths: such as wait lines, sustainability, overall aggregate care etc. For example, the system in the United Kingdom is now, by many, considered unsustainable due to the high costs associated with health care delivery. Moore also calls health care in other countries "FREE," a completely misguided thing to say, as the population clearly pays for health care in the form of much higher taxes, which Sicko never mentions.  

Lastly, I find Michael Moore's credibility greatly limited as he has no medical experience, expertise, or work experience in this particular field.  Moore illustrates the notion that one need not credentials to portray a powerful message, but merely sound artistic merit and a steady dose of highly melodramatic, isolated stories.  Unfortunately, the real world and the United States health care system does not exist in a comparable vacuum.