{"id":168,"date":"2007-08-27T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T22:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=168"},"modified":"2007-08-27T18:09:16","modified_gmt":"2007-08-27T23:09:16","slug":"we-got-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2007\/08\/27\/we-got-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"We Got Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"

And you should too.<\/p>\n

Yesterday an overflow crowd turned out for the Network’s matinee screening of SICKO, Michael Moore’s newest documentary. The film takes the pulse of this country’s health care system, and the prognosis looks grim. But, if our crowd was any indication, the masses are ripe for change. Even with extra folding chairs set up in the aisles, the Nickelodeon Theater had to turn away people who wanted to see the film and talk about it afterward with organizers of a new group, South Carolinians for Universal Health Care.<\/p>\n

It was a surprisingly responsive audience for Columbia, usually a reserved lot in public spaces. They laughed. They cried. They shook their heads. They muttered things under their breath. And when it was over, many of them signed on to a public effort to advocate from the grassroots for a more humane health care system.<\/p>\n

The film is funny, frightening and, in the end, hopeful. See it if you can. If not, at least check out Michael Moore’s web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you want to get on board the campaign for universal health care in South Carolina, email us at network@scpronet.com.<\/p>\n

Our thanks to our discussion panelists Lynn Bailey, a health economist for South Carolinians for Universal Health Care, Dr. Sam Baker, health policy professor at USC, and to Columbia radio host Frank Knapp<\/a> for facilitating.<\/p>\n

Becci Robbins<\/p>\n

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(From left) Frank Knapp, Lynn Bailey and Dr. Sam Baker.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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