Bill Moyers Show Tonight Reveals Insurance Lobby's Secret Plan to Attack 'Sicko' and Michael Moore

Ok Ok I know I have not really been blogging enough to deserve just cutting and pasting something I've received on email, BUT this is IMPORTANT!! For all of the citizens of this country! It's about how the health insurance companies have tried to quiet Michael Moore and stop his movie Sicko, which I believe was one of the most important movies in recent years. So if you can please watch Bill Moyers tonight! I will be at Labyrinth of Jareth myself, but it will be on the internet as well soon!!! So I'll be watching the show later.

I believe that we as a country need to start thinking outside of just our personal lives and our own needs and realize that the well being of everyone in our country is cardinal. I have the best health insurance possible and wouldn't give it up for the world, my husband worked hard for us to have this, and I am SO very grateful for the Motion Picture Health Plan. BUT my children and many other people are NOT so lucky! And it doesn't mean that people without good insurance don't work hard too! My daughter Jasmin works full time, she has a college degree, and she continues to take classes: But the company she works for is so small that she has no health coverage! It is time for us as a nation to be more compassionate and help individuals! Don't think the rich and the corporations aren't doing the same! Don't be fooled into thinking that they aren't the ones benefitting from all this debauchery, they are trying to trick everyone into thinking that the underprivileged individuals in this country are trying to steal a few pennies for health care or child care or food, while everyone is looking at the poor or middle class they are robbing the till, through government subsidies, tax breaks, and other handouts. They are just bullies! Don't let them fool you! We need to care for each other! Anyway...stopping now...getting off the soap box...

Watch the show when you can! Please!
love, Elizabeth

Bill Moyers Show Tonight Reveals Insurance Lobby's Secret Plan to Attack 'Sicko' and Michael Moore

Friday, July 10th, 2009

ALERT: We've just been informed that Bill Moyers, on his show later tonight, will expose for the first time the health insurance industry's secret campaign against Michael Moore and his film, "Sicko." It contains a stunning revelation and admission by a top health insurance executive -- the former head of publicity for CIGNA, one of the top health insurance companies in the country -- that the disinformation and attacks on Michael and the film were extensive and well-planned. Their job was to stop the movie from reaching a wide audience (and, more importantly, from having the widespread political impact the industry feared "Sicko" would have).

Wendell Potter, former Head of Corporate Communications at CIGNA (which provides health insurance to nearly 70 percent of the Fortune 100 companies) admits that, in fact, "Sicko" "hit the nail on the head" and told the real truth about how much better people in other countries have it when it comes to their health care.

The show airs tonight at 9:00 PM on PBS. (Check your local listings for exact times. Many areas show it on Saturday night, too.)

You can check out the segment about Michael and "Sicko" here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv1FwOCNoZ8

Be sure to tune into Bill Moyers Journal tonight at 9:00 PM for the full program. Check here for local listings (and rebroadcasts):

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html

If you get this email too late, their website will soon post the full show soon:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers

Finally, the truth comes out. From one of their own. Amazing.

Yours truly, Webmaster
MichaelMoore.com
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