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Pharma is merely a &#8220;necessary evil,&#8221; whereas insurance companies are just not necessary at all &#8212; at least the for-profit insurance industry.  <\/p>\n<p> <b>This review of SiCKO is the first by a pharma blogger and editor who has actually seen the movie first hand!<\/b> It includes points of view from other bloggers and readers of <a href=\"http:\/\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/\">Pharma Marketing Blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Topics and issues covered include: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li>Focus is on Health Insurers<\/li>\n<li>Lobbyists Also Get No Popcorn at Their Screening of SiCKO<\/li>\n<li>Main Message: Remove Profits from Insurance<\/li>\n<li>Counter Arguments<\/li>\n<li>Christiane Truelove: Maybe SiCKO isn&#8217;t so sick<\/li>\n<li>Is This Socialism?<\/li>\n<li>After Seeing SiCKO Oprah Calls for Town Hall Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Did PhRMA Send a SiCKO Spy to Cannes?<\/li>\n<li>Moore&#8217;s Grassroots YouTube Initiative<\/li>\n<li>What Pharma Can Learn from Moore<\/li>\n<li>Blog Comments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read this article now. 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