Moore defends Cuba trip for 'Sicko'

May 20, 2007 [...] unveiling his new documentary "Sicko" on Saturday, Michael Moore met with the international press, where he challenged the premise behind the U.S. Treasury Department's investigation into whether he violated the trade embargo with Cuba. In the docu, funded by the Weinstein Co., Moore first looks at how Americans are denied health services by insurers intent on maximizing profits, and then spends most of the film looking at how universal health care works in Canada, Great Britain, France and Cuba. The Cuba visit actually begins as a trip to the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, where, Moore contends, the detainees receive better medical attention than ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers have received in the U.S.

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