A coalition of San Antonio nurses pushing for universal health care hosted a sneak preview Thursday night of Michael Moore's new documentary "Sicko." The movie, a look at America's current health care system, opens nationwide today.
About 200 physicians, nurses, policymakers and patient advocates filled two theaters at the Bijou at Crossroads for the special showing. Event organizers from the National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), a new U.S. nurses union that began in California and launched in Texas last year, said the film was a call to action...
The nursing union is hosting about 75 other cities' "Sicko" opening events, Johnson said. Several local nurses from the organization traveled to California earlier this month to meet with Moore, who they predicted would galvanize the public with his provocative documentary.
"We have come home energized and ready to work in support of a single-payer system," said Maureen Hogan, a San Antonio registered nurse with the local chapter.
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