Friends, please join us Saturday night at 6:15 for our monthly "Film and Food" event at St. Matthews Episocpal Church, 330 North Hubbards Lane. The evening will include supper, view of the film and time for discussion.
The event is free. Donations to cover the cost of food are appreciated.
This month's film is Michael Mooroe's "Sicko." (details about the film appear at the end of this e-maila film that draws attention to the failures of the American healthcare system, and points out the need for quality, accessible, affordable healthcare for all.
And prior to the film, please attend an amazing conference on healthcare on Saturday Morning at IUS. For details visit:
About Michael Moore's Sicko
Writer/producer Michael Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by our health care insurance companies -- companies who sacrifice essential health services in order to maximize profits. The consequences for the individual subscribers range from bankruptcy to the unnecessary deaths of loved ones.Moore then looks at universal free health care systems in Canada, France, Britain, and Cuba, debunking all the fears (lower quality of care, poorer compensation for doctors, big-government bureaucracy) that have been used to dissuade Americans from establishing such a system here. The roots of those health care systems are explored, and our failure to establish free health here care is traced to a) President Richard Nixon's deceptive support of the then-emerging HMOs pursuing huge profits and b) subsequent pressures for Congress to sacrifice sound health care in favor of corporate profit.A group of Americans who became ill from volunteering at 911 Ground Zero, but were refused health coverage for their illnesses, are ferried by Moore to Cuba, where they receive the top-rate, free care one would hope they'd get here at home.In his interviews, historical reportage, and typical sarcastic wit, Moore soundly condemns American health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies, as well as the politicians who have been paid millions to do their bidding. He makes the case that there is something wrong with Americans that we cannot learn from the successes of other countries in providing better quality-of-health than we enjoy in the USA.
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