“Sicko” opens today
Michael Moore’s movie on the healthcare system “Sicko” opens toay.
Here’s the local showtimes:
Pittsford Plaza Cinema 6
3349 Monroe Ave
Pittsford, NY 14534 Map
1:30pm | 4:15pm | 7:05pm | 9:45pm
Little Theatres
240 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604 Map
7:15pm | 9:45pm
The Little will be holding a panel discussion about the film on July 6 at 6:30. We’ll post a reminder a few days before.
The Brit Humes and John Stossels of the world will be out to attack the movie, but here’s a snippet of a review written by a medical authority, Arthur Caplan, the Director of the Center for Bioehtics at U Penn:
If you think Moore is exaggerating the woes of the health care system and if you think — as his often bought and paid-for critics charge — that he is just a sloppy, overfed left-wing ideologue, then go down to your local hospital emergency room or nursing home and tell it to those waiting there for care and compassion. Except for luck and a few ticks of the clock, they might be you.
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A report I read about Strong Hospital last year is that the average wait time to see a doctor in the E.R. is over 3 hours (what emergency can wait 3 hours?). I’ve experienced much greater wait times there. One man I know had a cut on his cornea that was bleeding and had to wait 7 hours to be seen, and when he was seen it was by an OB/GYN because the staff was so backed up.