Michael Moore is going to be on Ophra tomorrow, plugging his new movie "Sicko". This is a film that was made under conditions of utmost secrecy, by Moores' standards at least, and may be a legitimately worthy film.
It touches on the lack of affordable health care and insurance coverage, and focuses to a great extent on the lack of quality care afforded to the firefighters and other emergency personnel who answered the call for aid during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.
According to Moore, they have been all but ignored and even forgotten, not just by the public, but by the government.
He has also been accused of breaking US law regarding the trade embargo to Cuba. Evidently, he took it on himself to render aid to the workers by taking them to Cuba, in order to avail them of the services of the allegedly world class Cuban medical care. This is, I think, detailed in the film.
Moore denies that he broke any laws. The controversial filmmaker has made a lot of waves, and sometimes I'd like to drop him three stories just to see how high he'd bounce. On the other hand, if this documentary makes any headway at addressing the health care crisis in America-and it is a crisis-it would make up for a lot.
Not everything-especially not Bowling For Columbine-but a lot nevertheless.
It touches on the lack of affordable health care and insurance coverage, and focuses to a great extent on the lack of quality care afforded to the firefighters and other emergency personnel who answered the call for aid during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.
According to Moore, they have been all but ignored and even forgotten, not just by the public, but by the government.
He has also been accused of breaking US law regarding the trade embargo to Cuba. Evidently, he took it on himself to render aid to the workers by taking them to Cuba, in order to avail them of the services of the allegedly world class Cuban medical care. This is, I think, detailed in the film.
Moore denies that he broke any laws. The controversial filmmaker has made a lot of waves, and sometimes I'd like to drop him three stories just to see how high he'd bounce. On the other hand, if this documentary makes any headway at addressing the health care crisis in America-and it is a crisis-it would make up for a lot.
Not everything-especially not Bowling For Columbine-but a lot nevertheless.
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We need something that will bring people together to take action. You're right about it being a crisis and things will get much worse before they get better.
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