"Michael Moore's "Sicko" is a staggeringly powerful piece of journalism -- yes, journalism, in the truest sense of what the craft can and should do. What makes the documentary on the nightmarish failure of the American health care system such effective journalism is Moore's determination not merely to meticulously illustrate what is wrong with the system -- something that has been done a thousand times by a thousand media outlets, if never quite so entertainingly -- but also his certainty that there is a solution." - John Nichols, The Nation

"“Sicko” ... contends that the American system of private medical insurance is a disaster, and that a state-run system, such as exists nearly everywhere else in the industrialized world, would be better. This argument is illustrated with anecdotes and statistics — terrible stories about Americans denied medical care or forced into bankruptcy to pay for it; grim actuarial data about life expectancy and infant mortality; damning tallies of dollars donated to political campaigns — but it is grounded in a basic philosophical assumption about the proper relationship between a government and its citizens." - A.O. Scott, NYT

"Moore's advocacy on behalf of a single-payer health care system, which he accomplishes by showing Americans what works in other countries and how, is the ingredient that makes "Sicko" essential media. " - John Nichols, The Nation

"The movie is devastating. It's his best film yet. It's not only about health care. It's about everything that's wrong with the U.S., with health care used as the key issue to explore that larger subject." - Steve W., Portland, OR

"No doubt the denizens of our health care industry will combat this documentary with their own appeal to be a good citizen and keep shopping." - Bryan Newbury