| I'm with you Silas, he's all about the dollar and exploiting political issues to fatten his pocket. He might as well be a politician. I mean if he really wanted to make a difference he'd run for office and try to change these problems instead of making a movie and just talking about them. Does he really think nobody is aware of how bad health care is? Mark -------Original Message------- Date: 02/16/06 12:15:27 Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Send Me Your Health Care Horror Stories... An Appeal from Michael Moore Hey River, Is this Michael Moore stuff for real, do you think he gives a shit about our problems or is he out for the mity dallar? Curious Silas ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:40 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] Send Me Your Health Care Horror Stories... An Appeal from Michael Moore > > >> >> >> I know how popular Michael Moore is on this list *smirk* but I thought >> some of you might have stories for him. I believe he needs to see the >> disability perspective as well. You know...nursing home imprisonment, >> medicare >> problems etc... >> >> Peace, >> River >>>> >>>> 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). >>>> >>>> If you've followed my work over the years, you know that I keep a >>>> pretty low profile while I'm making my movies. I don't give >>>> interviews, I don't go on TV and I don't defrost my refrigerator. I >>>> do keep my website updated on a daily basis (there's been something >>>> like 4,000,000 visitors just this week alone) and the rest of the >>>> time I'm... well, I can't tell you what I'm doing, but you can >>>> pretty much guess. It gets harder and harder sneaking into >>>> corporate headquarters, but I've found that just dying my hair >>>> black and wearing a skort really helps. >>>> >>>> Back to my invitation to be in my movie. Have you ever found >>>> yourself getting ready to file for bankruptcy because you can't pay >>>> your kid's hospital bill, and then you say to yourself, "Boy, I >>>> sure would like to be in Michael Moore's health care movie!"? >>>> >>>> Or, after being turned down for the third time by your HMO for an >>>> operation they should be paying for, do you ever think to yourself, >>>> "Now THIS travesty should be in that 'Sicko' movie!"? >>>> >>>> Or maybe you've just been told that your father is going to have to >>>> just, well, die because he can't afford the drugs he needs to get >>>> better -- and it's then that you say, "Damn, what did I do with >>>> Michael Moore's home number?!" >>>> >>>> OK, here's your chance. As you can imagine, we've got the goods on >>>> these crooks. 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. >>>> >>>> About four hundred years from now, historians will look back at us >>>> like we were some sort of barbarians, but for now we're just the >>>> laughing stock of the Western world. >>>> >>>> So, if you'd like me to know what you've been through with your >>>> insurance company, or what it's been like to have no insurance at >>>> all, or how the hospitals and doctors wouldn't treat you (or if >>>> they did, how they sent you into poverty trying to pay their crazy >>>> bills) ...if you have been abused in any way by this sick, greedy, >>>> grubby system and it has caused you or your loved ones great >>>> sorrow and pain, let me know. >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> 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). >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for sharing them with me and trusting me to >>>> try and do something about a very corrupt system that simply has to >>>> go. >>>> >>>> Oh, and if you happen to work for an HMO or a pharmaceutical >>>> company or a profit-making hospital and you have simply seen too >>>> much abuse of your fellow human beings and can't take it any longer >>>> -- and you would like the truth to be told -- please write me at >>>> tell the world what you are unable to tell. I am looking for a few >>>> heroes with a conscience. I know you are out there. >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> Yours, >>>> Michael Moore >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe click on the link below: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Date: February 3, 2006 4:50:21 AM EST >>>> Subject: Send Me Your Health Care Horror Stories... An Appeal from >>>> Michael Moore >>>> >>>> >>>> 2/3/06 >>>> >>>> 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). >>>> >>>> If you've followed my work over the years, you know that I keep a >>>> pretty low profile while I'm making my movies. I don't give >>>> interviews, I don't go on TV and I don't defrost my refrigerator. I >>>> do keep my website updated on a daily basis (there's been something >>>> like 4,000,000 visitors just this week alone) and the rest of the >>>> time I'm... well, I can't tell you what I'm doing, but you can >>>> pretty much guess. It gets harder and harder sneaking into >>>> corporate headquarters, but I've found that just dying my hair >>>> black and wearing a skort really helps. >>>> >>>> Back to my invitation to be in my movie. Have you ever found >>>> yourself getting ready to file for bankruptcy because you can't pay >>>> your kid's hospital bill, and then you say to yourself, "Boy, I >>>> sure would like to be in Michael Moore's health care movie!"? >>>> >>>> Or, after being turned down for the third time by your HMO for an >>>> operation they should be paying for, do you ever think to yourself, >>>> "Now THIS travesty should be in that 'Sicko' movie!"? >>>> >>>> Or maybe you've just been told that your father is going to have to >>>> just, well, die because he can't afford the drugs he needs to get >>>> better -- and it's then that you say, "Damn, what did I do with >>>> Michael Moore's home number?!" >>>> >>>> OK, here's your chance. As you can imagine, we've got the goods on >>>> these crooks. 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. >>>> >>>> About four hundred years from now, historians will look back at us >>>> like we were some sort of barbarians, but for now we're just the >>>> laughing stock of the Western world. >>>> >>>> So, if you'd like me to know what you've been through with your >>>> insurance company, or what it's been like to have no insurance at >>>> all, or how the hospitals and doctors wouldn't treat you (or if >>>> they did, how they sent you into poverty trying to pay their crazy >>>> bills) ...if you have been abused in any way by this sick, greedy, >>>> grubby system and it has caused you or your loved ones great sorrow >>>> and pain, let me know. >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> 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). >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for sharing them with me and trusting me to >>>> try and do something about a very corrupt system that simply has to >>>> go. >>>> >>>> Oh, and if you happen to work for an HMO or a pharmaceutical >>>> company or a profit-making hospital and you have simply seen too >>>> much abuse of your fellow human beings and can't take it any longer >>>> -- and you would like the truth to be told -- please write me at >>>> tell the world what you are unable to tell. I am looking for a few >>>> heroes with a conscience. I know you are out there. >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> Yours, >>>> Michael Moore >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe click on the link below: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: >>> >>> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >>> >>> <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > | 
