California Nurses Association plans to host private premiere parties for "Sicko"

Interestingly enough, she is also a member of an HMO and had to wait herself for a procedure. I'm sure more press is coming before the premiere...BD

The California Nurses Association and its national arm plans to host private premiere parties around the country and use the film's release to distribute materials to audience members to support the union's preferred reform models. The group, which opposes Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan, supports the state and national single-payer proposals by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, and Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich.

In "Sicko," Moore takes on the system through heath care horror stories, such as the tale of an uninsured man who lost two fingers in an accident. Hospital officials told him it would cost $12,000 to reattach his ring finger and $60,000 for his middle finger.

Health reformers to piggyback on 'Sicko' / Michael Moore's blast at medical care is hitting as U.S. seems ripe for changes

A California nurses' union has recruited "Sicko" filmmaker Michael Moore to try to help convince state lawmakers to pass healthcare reform legislation.

Moore is scheduled to testify June 12 at a legislative hearing in Sacramento, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee said in a news release Friday. After the hearing, Moore and Physicians for a National Health Program will lead a rally outside the Capitol and then attend a showing of "Sicko" for registered nurses, doctors and invited guests.

One more scene from the movie...BD