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'Sicko' Uncovers Links Between the Health Care & Campaign Finance

In Michael Moore's newest movie, Sicko, he attacks the American health care industry, with an emphasis on the insurance industry (HMOs). But in between telling us the stories of people whom the insurance agency has failed and taking 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba, he talks about the health care lobby's effect on campaign finance.

He starts out with the example of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) -- former First Lady, Senator from New York, and current presidential hopeful -- who made health care her priority when her husband was president. She attempted to get government run healthcare for all, but the bill failed in the Senate. One would think that someone so passionate about a specific topic would keep fighting for what they believed in, especially if given the opportunity to serve in the United States Senate. But according to Moore she is now the second largest recipient of campaign donations from the health care industry, and has stopped talking about universal health care, taking in $835,511 from the health care industry (opensecrets.org). I think that this has got to be more then a coincidence.

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