[Mitai-announce] Sicko the Movie

[Elan Pavlov]

MIT Amnesty International presents:
Sicko

Date: Thursday, March 11
Time: 6:30PM-9:00PM
Place: 4-237

Join us for resfreshments and a screening of Michael Moore's
documentary/op-ed about healthcare in the U.S.

About the movie:
/SiCKO/ is more like a controlled howl of protest than a documentary.
Toning down the rhetoric of past efforts--no CEOs, congressmen, or
celebrities were accosted in the making of this film--Michael Moore's
latest provocation is just as heartfelt, if not more heartbreaking. As
he clarifies from the outset, his subject isn't the 45 million Americans
without insurance, but those whose coverage has failed to meet their
needs. He starts by speaking with patients who've been denied
life-saving procedures, like chemotherapy, for the most spurious of
reasons. Then he travels to Canada, England, and France to see if
socialized medicine is as inefficient as U.S. politicians like to
claim--especially those who receive funding from pharmaceutical
companies. Moore finds quality care available to all, regardless as to
income. He concludes with a stunt that made headlines when he assembles
a group of 9/11 rescue workers suffering from a variety of afflictions.
When Moore is informed that detainees at Guantánamo Bay--technically
American soil--qualify for universal coverage, he and his companions
travel to Cuba to get in on that action. It's a typically grandstanding
move on Moore's part. And it proves remarkably effective when these
altruistic individuals, who've either been denied treatment or forced to
pay outrageous costs for their medication, experience a dramatically
different system. Nine years in the making, /SiCKO/ makes a persuasive
case that it's time for America to catch up with the rest of the world.


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                    MIT Amnesty International presents:

                                   Sicko
                          Date: Thursday, March 11
                            Time: 6:30PM-9:00PM
                                Place: 4-237

        Join us for resfreshments and a screening of Michael Moore's
               documentary/op-ed about healthcare in the U.S.

   About the movie:
   SiCKO is more like a controlled howl of protest than a documentary.
   Toning down the rhetoric of past efforts--no CEOs, congressmen, or
   celebrities were accosted in the making of this film--Michael Moore's
   latest provocation is just as heartfelt, if not more heartbreaking. As
   he clarifies from the outset, his subject isn't the 45 million
   Americans without insurance, but those whose coverage has failed to
   meet their needs. He starts by speaking with patients who've been
   denied life-saving procedures, like chemotherapy, for the most
   spurious of reasons. Then he travels to Canada, England, and France to
   see if socialized medicine is as inefficient as U.S. politicians like
   to claim--especially those who receive funding from pharmaceutical
   companies. Moore finds quality care available to all, regardless as to
   income. He concludes with a stunt that made headlines when he
   assembles a group of 9/11 rescue workers suffering from a variety of
   afflictions. When Moore is informed that detainees at Guantánamo
   Bay--technically American soil--qualify for universal coverage, he and
   his companions travel to Cuba to get in on that action. It's a
   typically grandstanding move on Moore's part. And it proves remarkably
   effective when these altruistic individuals, who've either been denied
   treatment or forced to pay outrageous costs for their medication,
   experience a dramatically different system. Nine years in the making,
   SiCKO makes a persuasive case that it's time for America to catch up
   with the rest of the world.