Sicko

Canadians are jumping aboard Michael Moore's bandwagon.  After all, who could turn down an invitation like this?

Friends,

How would you like to be in my next movie? I know you’ve probably heard I’m making a documentary about the health care industry (but the HMOs don’t know this, so don’t tell them — they think I’m making a romantic comedy).

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Ok, here’s your chance. As you can imagine, we’ve got the goods on these bastards. All we need now is to put a few of you in the movie and let the world see what the greatest country ever in the history of the universe does to its own people, simply because they have the misfortune of getting sick. Because getting sick, unless you are rich, is a crime – a crime for which you must pay, sometimes with your own life.

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Send me a short, factual account of what has happened to you – and what IS happening to you right now if you have been unable to get the health care you need. Send it to michael@michaelmoore.com. I will read every single one of them (even if I can’t respond to or help everyone, I will be able to bring to light a few of your stories).

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Thank you, all of you, for your help and your continued support through the years. I promise you that with “Sicko” we will do our best to give you not only a great movie, but a chance to bring down this evil empire, once and for all.

In the meantime, stay well. I hear fruits and vegetables help.

Well, Canadians have lots to say about this.  We love our universal health care system because we are SO patient and unbarbaric.  We wait:  a year or more to get an MRI, or a hip replacement; four weeks to see a doctor about an ear infection; etc, etc, etc.  People have literally died in the waiting room of emergency wards waiting for treatment.  In Emergency.

So, wanting to do their part, some up here in the north are writing letters telling their horror stories which Mr. Moore has promised to read, and then closing with:

...did I forget to mention I’m Canadian?

Watch for Sicko to see if any of them get any airtime.

But don't hold your breath.

Hat tip to KerPlonka!

...Leslie

Comments

[Xavier R. Dubé]

Hehe. Now let's see what our friend Michael does with this...

http://keepright.blogsome.com/2006/02/08/michael-moore-seeks-horror-stories-for-sicko-movie/

P.S. You sent me a "TrackBack", I wonder what this is, this is my first ever, could you explain how to send them and what they're for?

[Leslie]

Hi Xavier,
I emailed you about the trackback. If you find any more letters like yours on the web let me know and I'll post them too.