12 November 2007

"Sicko" At The Warwick Arts Centre

Michael Moore's latest documentary, Sicko, will be shown from the 16th to the 22nd November at the Warwick Arts Centre.

One review remarks that the film sees a slightly different Michael Moore:

He still wears the baseball cap, but he's onscreen less, not so cocky, not going for so many laughs. He simply tells one story after another about Americans who are sick, dying or dead because we have an undemocratic, profit-gouging health care system.
It's also a very relevant film for Britain, with increasing influence from huge US firms who want to run GP practices, bid for contracts from primary care trusts to providing data analysis and research, or even be invited to act as middlemen, negotiating with hospitals on the trusts' behalf to reduce costs, "ushering in the prospect that some patients may find their care plan managed not by a doctor but by an American insurance company."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i just viewed the film "sicko" and was appalled at what was happening in America. patients should be treated by doctors and not insurance companies. that's why i'm working to support AARP who are trying to get Congress to make Medicare available to the people who cannot afford it. you should check out their website at www.thisissoridiculous.com and sign their online petition and make your voice heard! you can also view videos, email Congress and read up on the cause while you're on there!

~Jessica