Michael Moore takes on U.S. health care

[lovuian]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Film_Toronto_Michael_Moore.html?source=rss

TORONTO -- First, General Motors. Then gun control, followed by George W. Bush. Now rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore has turned his irreverent camera on health care in America.

"Sicko," Moore's dissection of the health care system, promises to be another hilarious documentary romp, based on excerpts he showed Friday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.

During a two-hour appearance, Moore discussed his career as a counterculture journalist, provocative filmmaker and liberal standard-bearer, and he played three clips from "Sicko," which he said would be in theaters next June.

The segments presented stories of personal health care nightmares, including that of a woman denied payment for an ambulance ride after a head-on collision because it was not preapproved.

"They try to find every way they can to deny it to you or not sell it to you," he told a packed theater. "Or they try to find anyway they can not to pay the bill."

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This is going to make americans sick at how abused and the massive fraud going on...

[bonito]

1. But it needs to be brought out

Been involved for a number of years caring for my wife, and let me tell you she is alive today because she's with me. and boy I could write a book about the mess we are in.

[ninkasi]

6. That must be very hard

caring for your wife, when proper universal health care might have spared you both some grief. It's too much, coping with a beloved family member, and trying to fight against a system that is geared to take in money, but never give it out.

I wish the best for you and your wife both. Maybe Moore's movie will help people like you and your wife. I hope so. Again, best to both of you. Your care says to me that you are 100x more a man than the sociopath who is trying to dismantle every safety net that we ever had, can be. He has made it much easier for the insurance companies to screw us over.

[bonito]

7. Well, she has good doctors

But there hands are tied when our need is not met within the guidelines of big pharma. My main concern is keeping her out of the hospital even though 99.7 of the nurses are great, they are given way to much to handle, god love them.

[AZBlue]

2. I only wish it had come out this summer.

So it could help this November. The Republicans certainly don't support health care for anyone but the wealthy.

[Lefty48197]

3. Thanks again Michael

You speak for SO MANY of us out here.

[OhioChick]

4. Yes,

He sure does. :thumbsup:

[tallahasseedem]

5. I cannot wait to see it.