Here comes the Sicko counterpunch

Heads up, Michael. Gee, with such an array of people lined up against Moore, he must be doing something right.

Insurance Industry Prepares Counteroffensive Against Moore's Sicko

Meanwhile the New York Sun is reporting the insurance and pharmaceutical industries are readying a multifaceted counteroffensive against Michael Moore's new film Sicko. Several think tanks and front groups are being bankrolled to attack Moore's critique of the health care industry. According to the Sun, the groups involved in the campaign include the CATO Institute; the Manhattan Institute; the Galen Institute, Pacific Research Institute; the Heritage Foundation and FreedomWorks, which is run by Former House Republican Majority Leader Dick Armey.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/26/1413247

I saw an advance copy of Sicko recently and it is a rather devastating critique of the US healthcare system.

But, as with any documentary, I'm sure Moore left out a few bits here and there that might paint not-such-a-rosy-picture of other nations systems. Still, there is vast room for improvement in the US system. We should start by trying to get EVERYONE covered.

I don't want to give up my health plan, but I have little doubt that it could be done better if we could cut out some of the layers of bureaucracy.