Michael Moore's latest documentary is a masterpiece that simultaneously heartbreaking, humorous and has the ability to stir the passions of human sympathy. While it's critics try to dispute the facts, many Americans know Moore is speaking the truth, the question is what will it do besides draw people to the theater?
Fortunately there are signs that the effect won't stop at the box office.
From Common Sense:
Moore generated much attention last month when joined the California Nurses Assocation and called for a single-payer system for the Golden State. But the filmmaker himself doesn't need to drop in to every town for citizens to step up the fight for affordable, quality, universal health care.
In Connecticut, The Universal Health Care Foundation is campaigning around the film to highlight how the state legislature failed to enact a comprehensive plan for universal coverage.
In Ohio, SiCKO has kickstarted a petition drive by the Single-Payer Action Network to put a "Health Care For All Ohioans" plan on the ballot in 2008. And there's increased attention on Pennsylvania's proposed single-payer plan, which the governor has pledged to sign if passed by the legislature.
Vermont Health Care For All gave away free SiCKO tickets to the uninsured and led a petition drive for a federal single-payer system.
This is just the beginning. The need for a better health care system in America is more important than just waiting for politicians to do the work for us. People want action and they want it now. Moore doesn't give all the answers, he just presents the facts. It is the citizens of our nation that must take the necessary steps in order to combat the Health Care industry and break the status quo. It is happening in the states listed above, is it happening in yours?
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