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| Michael Moore Dissects U.S. Health Care |
| 2006-09-10 |
| TORONTO (AP) - 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. The "Sicko" excerpts also included a segment comparing Canada's public health care to the privatized system in the United States, concluding that Canadians have more equitable access to medical services. Guess which one Mike Al-Moore uses? It doesn't have a maple leaf on it! The idea for "Sicko" grew out of a segment from Moore's TV show "The Awful Truth," in which he staged a mock funeral outside a health-maintenance organization that had declined a pancreas transplant for a diabetic man. The HMO later relented. As opposed to Canada where the diabetic man simply had to wait until a year after he died.... Health care representatives downplay the potential impact of Moore's documentary. With a laid-back persona but an in-your-face documentary style, Moore broke onto the scene with 1989's "Roger & Me," chronicling his efforts to meet with GM boss Roger Smith amid the economic chaos the automaker's plant closings had on Moore's hometown of Flint, Mich. Moore's 2002 gun-control film "Bowling for Columbine" won the documentary prize at the Academy Awards. Dispite it being a work of pure He followed with 2004's "Fahrenheit 9/11," skewering Bush for his actions over the Sept. 11 attacks. The film topped $100 million at the box office to become the biggest documentary hit ever. It had to win something for hollywierd so they placed it in the 'documentary' field - in spite of its lack mere facts. "Michael Moore is a political activist with a track record for sensationalism. He has no intention of being fair and balanced," Johnson said. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #8 Let me guess... He's advocating an extortion-funded treatment rationing system? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-09-10 17:45 |
| #7 "Michael Moore Dissects U.S. Health Care" Lemme know when |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-10 17:10 |
| #6 Let's hope Mikey never ends up in the care of anyone he attacked in his "romp". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-09-10 17:03 |
| #5 While I don't really care enough to track it down like this guy did for his Halliburton stock, it'd be interesting to see whether Mikey trades in health care or pharma stocks. "The movie's coming out next month. Short Merck." |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-09-10 12:14 |
| #4 Doing the next one on the "obesity epidemic", Mikey? An oral history maybe? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-09-10 11:13 |
| #3 "Sicko"? Interesting title. Is it Mike Moore's autobiography? |
| Posted by: GK 2006-09-10 10:57 |
| #2 another hilarious documentary romp 'nuff said |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-10 10:54 |
| #1 No intention of being fair and balanced. Or honest, or anything else but the anti American slob he is. EMbrace him Hollyweird, he is the pinacle of success for the deranged. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-09-10 10:23 |