Ready for the big stage:
From MM, today: "Sicko," after less than three weeks in national release, has become one of the top five grossing documentaries of all time! So, this coming weekend, the distributor is expanding the movie by opening it in nearly 500 new theaters in small cities all over the country (for a total of nearly 1,200 screens nationwide)! From Rapid City to Carson City, from Gettysburg to Pearl Harbor, from Juneau to Battle Creek -- they're all getting "Sicko" tomorrow (Friday). Scores of cities that never have a documentary come to their local theater will now be able to see this one."
Gosh, I can only imagine what the response from the Insurance Industry and their pundit boosters is going to be. It stands to reason that it's going to be bigger than anything in the history of the world.
Way back when, the "Health Care Olympics" (with Bob Costas, even!), or the cost of one hour of your time:
Meanwhile, S-CHIP moves slowly through Congress, on its way to a GOP veto from the Republican's King George "The Decider", no doubt.
Mr. Imperious at work ("I've got my philosophy"):
President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children, saying that expanding the program would enlarge the role of the federal government at the expense of private insurance.
The president said he objects on philosophical grounds to a bipartisan Senate proposal to boost the State Children's Health Insurance Program by $35 billion over five years.
Except, medicine is "philosophically o.k." when it supports your Warring Party? (Baseline VA Costs Soar $20 Billion in one year)
