Michael Moore is so impressed with Canadian health care, he's urging Americans to hook up with a Canuck just for the free access.
The documentary hit-maker created a tongue-in-cheek website, www.hook-a-canuck.com, to make a point about deficiencies in the health care system in the United States.
It also promotes Moore's new movie, "Sicko", which at one point, compares America's for-profit arrangement to Canada's universal system.
"I know you have your flaws and your problems with your system but the point of my movie was to show even with your problems, compared to what we have, I couldn't find a Canadian willing to give up their national health insurance card and trade it for one of our HMO cards in this country," Moore said Thursday in an interview with 麻豆影视net.
Moore has turned to Canada more than once in his famed documentaries. In his Oscar-winning film about gun culture, "Bowling for Columbine," Moore visited Canada and mused about our low crime rates and trustworthy nature. In the controversial film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", he praised our country for refusing to join the Iraq invasion.
"I think Americans would benefit by trying to be a little more Canadian-like," he said.
"Sicko" paints a troubling picture of 47 million Americans who are without health insurance. The U.S. recently ranked 37 on the World Health Organization's list of health care providers, which is "weird" for a country that always prides itself on being number one, said Moore.
Moore's controversial antics in this film have not only made headlines, they've landed him in serious legal trouble.
In the movie, Moore takes a group of uninsured rescue workers, who helped with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to Cuba to receive free health care. Upon his return, the American government announced they would be investigating Moore for violating the long-standing American travel embargo to Cuba.
"[They] aren't receiving health care in this country, even though they ran down there to save lives on Sept. 11," Moore explained. "I took them to our naval station in Guantanamo Bay to get some of the free medical care that is being given to the al-Qaeda detainees."
Moore said, despite the publicity the incident raised for the movie, he's concerned and is taking their investigation seriously.
"I know Mr. Bush is a little upset with me, so I take him at his word," he said.
"Sicko" opens in theatres Friday.
