Michael Moore's Sicko film opened this past week to both fans and non-fans of the universal health care promotion he highlights in the film. When CNN investigated, it found that much of the information in the film was indeed accurate, although some was dramatized in perfect Michael Moore fashion.

Is universal health care needed in the U.S.? The numbers themselves do not lie -- over 40 million uninsured in the U.S. along with health care rates that are higher than anywhere in the world. Is something broken in our health care system?

That seems like an obvious statement -- health care in the U.S. is the laughing stock of the world. But what is the answer? Universal, government-funded health care? Sicko will certainly bring this question and others back into the limelight when it's needed most -- in time for next year's presidential elections. Timing is everything.

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