‘Sicko’ (Movie) Video: Michael Moore, Ready for Hate Mail

Michael Moore thinks he has made an even-handed movie about health care that should appeal to the civic-mindedness and decency of all Americans. He fully expects to piss people off.

The gadfly director, who spoke to reporters at an unusual northern Michigan premiere for his documentary “SiCKO,” said he expected the U.S. pharmaceutical and insurance industries to go on the offensive against his call for a sweeping overhaul that would give the United States a national health care system.

“I am anticipating the onslaught of attack. My hope in this film was to reach out across the great divide that exists in this country and say you know, those on the other side, who may disagree with me, can’t we find some common ground on this issue? We’re all Americans.”

“Sicko,” which opens in theaters on June 29, details the painful stories of Americans who say they were denied life-saving treatment by insurers or forced to forego emergency treatment at hospitals because they could not afford to pay.

As counterpoints, Moore tours Canada, Britain and France and feigns amazement when confronted with evidence that those national health care systems provide better basic care.

Moore said he has been notified he could face federal prosecution for visiting Cuba to escort a group of Americans seeking medical care in violation of U.S. travel and trade restrictions.

source: reuters

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‘Sicko’ (Movie) Video: Michael Moore, Ready for Hate Mail

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