Dr. Cronin says there are still some seats available for the Ada County Democrats' benefit Treasure Valley premiere of Michael Moore's new health-care documentary, Sicko. Twenty-five bucks helps the county party and includes the screening and hors d'oeuvres, with a reception at 6 p.m. and the movie at 7. See this movie a day before everyone else, and help build the Ada County Dem machine while you're at it. The event is this Thursday night, June 28, at The Flicks, 646 Fulton St. Boise. Reserve your tix by calling 331-2128 or sending an email here.
Update - Thursday, June 27: Democracy for America is working with Michael Moore to collect health care horror stories and demand health insurance for all Americans. Sign the petition here. Also, the Progressive States Network is featuring news of Healthy Wisconsin, which - if passed - will be the boldest and most comprehensive state-based health-care plan in the country.
If you see Sicko tonight, or later this weekend, please share your thoughts on the film here.
I just checked and SiCKO isn't playing in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. Good thing I am moving to Vegas in a few days.
Posted by: jessica | June 28, 2007 at 01:26 PM
Jessica, I am sure it'll get to Eastern Idaho within a few weeks!
Posted by: Julie in Boise | June 28, 2007 at 04:54 PM
I'm just back from the movie, waylaid a while by a great conversation with my state Rep. Sue Chew.
My main two thoughts are:
The bad: Because of our dodgy health care, I hope my daughter can live anywhere but the US when she grows up. (I told her this, and she said "But I like the United States. I don't like our government.")
The good: If, as Moore suggests toward the end of the movie, we could attain universal health care (and college tuition, too), imagine what we could do with all the energy we'd free up not having to worry about health care and education debt.
So where do we go from here? Clearly, we are not going to have universal health care anytime soon, but hopefully this film - like Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth did for global warming - will be the catalyst for serious discussion and action toward that goal.
A few weeks from now, Idaho Health Care for All will hold a public forum on its proposed plan, which would be a publicly financed, privately delivered, Idaho-administered single risk pool. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, at Hyatt Place hotel, 925 N. Milwaukee, Boise, near the REI store. Click my name for more info on the IHFCA plan.
Posted by: Julie Fanselow | June 28, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Click my name for Sicko Cure, a website to promote single-payer national health insurance. It features Moore's film but is run by Physicians for a National Health Program.
Posted by: Julie Fanselow | June 28, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Julie, Hopefully SE Idaho gets it soon, won't matter to me though, I know Vegas will have it and I will be down there in a few days.
Did you think this movie was better than Bowling and/or Fahrenheit?
Posted by: jessica | June 28, 2007 at 11:14 PM
This movie is Moore's best film yet. For one thing, it targets Dems as well as Republicans (Hillary Clinton takes it on the chin for selling out to the health care industry). It also does a great job of laying out the case for universal health care and thoroughly countering all the arguments against it. The filmmaking is really creative, too.
Posted by: Julie Fanselow | June 29, 2007 at 07:29 AM