Scores gather in DC to hear filmmaker's (Moore's) take on healthcare

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Source: Raw Story

They were lined up in droves outside a congressional hearing room as scores more packed the aisles -- women in bright Code Pink T-shirts, interns in suits and ties, jean-clad bloggers, traditional reporters and members of Congress -- all to hear Michael Moore's solutions to the health-care crisis.

Moore's new movie, SiCKO, which RAW STORY reviewed Tuesday, profiles Americans who found their lives ruined because insurance companies provided inadequate care.

"There's a new villain on screens ... but it's not the villain you'll see in Spider Man or Harry Potter.," Moore told the crowd at a Wednesday press conference. "The villain is the health insurance industry of America."

Moore was joined by a handful of lawmakers who are sponsoring legislation aimed at creating a single-payer universal health care system in the US. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the legislation's main sponsor, said Moore's movie is the most important development in the health care debate since former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton tried for universal health care legislation in the early 1990s.

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Moore was joined by John Conyers!

I'd like to know who the other lawmakers were that joined Michael Moore.

[japple]

1. What a great alliance: M. Moore & John Conyers!

Kicked and recommended.

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2. It looks like Rep. Pete Stark was there, too

http://www.house.gov/stark/news/110th/pressreleases/20070619_moore.htm

CONYERS AND STARK WELCOME MICHAEL MOORE TO CAPITOL HILL

Press Conference, Briefing to Address For-Profit Health Care and the Crisis of the Uninsured

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3. Kucinich was there, too!

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=9917

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Joined by more than a dozen lawmakers - including Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich and Rep. John Conyers, the Dem chairman of the influential House Judiciary Committee as well as a fellow Michiganite - Michael Moore alternately lectured, advised and pleaded in reference to the issues raised in his film "Sicko," which focuses on the shortcomings of the U.S. health care system.
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[proud2BlibKansan]

4. WTF? They told us here at Take Back America that his plane was delayed

due to weather so he had to cancel his appearance.

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5. DC Premiere

The DC premiere was last night as well. Anyone see it? I truly hope that this movie will be able to bring all parties together to fix our health crisis. Maybe we should ban health insurance companies from donating to our legislators. Ain't gonna happen.