Posted on 07/13/2007 1:34:58 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker
TORONTO, July 13 /CNW/ - The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is encouraging all nurses to take advantage of a special promotion which offers them free admission to filmmaker Michael Moore's documentary SiCKO. Alliance Atlantis Canada has announced that all nurses in the country can attend the film for free from Monday, July 16 to Thursday, July 19.
Yesterday, Michael Moore was quoted in an Alliance Atlantis media release as saying "Nurses across Canada are on the front line in the battle against those forces who want to inch the Canadian health-care system toward the American way. They know that once a Canadian sees 'SiCKO', the last thing they will want is an American-style approach." Moore was applauding the United Nurses of Alberta who distributed 150 free tickets to his film to members of the public. Moore has offered to reimburse the union.
On behalf of all the nurses in Ontario, RNAO would like to thank Michael Moore and Alliance Atlantis for recognizing the key role nurses play in our health- care system. "Michael, nurses stand by you. We share your passion for a universal and not-for-profit health-care system and we thank you for your honest and courageous documentary. I've watched it twice and it is absolutely terrific!" says Doris Grinspun, RNAO's Executive Director, who lived in the US for six years before immigrating to Canada.
SiCKO provides an insightful analysis of the for-profit health-care system in the US and contrasts it with universal health-care systems in other countries, including Canada. "Nurses who see the film will learn more about the American health-care system and will feel proud that they live in Canada - a country where health care is a human right and not a commodity," says RNAO President Mary Ferguson-Paré.
Nurses' knowledge, expertise and compassion are central to the Medicare system established by Tommy Douglas. "We encourage nurses to use what they learn in Moore's film to engage their families, friends and neighbours in discussions about Medicare. These discussions are particularly important given the Ontario election this fall and the potential for a federal election," adds Ferguson- Paré.
All Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) across the country are eligible for one free admission to SiCKO from Monday, July 16 to Thursday, July 19 at any Cineplex Entertainment, Empire or Landmark Theatre. In order to receive a free ticket, nurses must show photo identification and one of the following: their license, practice permit, registration card or union ID.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association for registered nurses in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has lobbied for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.
Nurses in Canada = the leaders of their Unions, it would appear.
Well if they are against ‘for profit’ then they should give back any part of their paycheck that they do not use for food, housing and uniforms. All else is ‘profit’.
“Nonprofit” healthcare system, eh? Guess all of those nurses will be willing to work for free, right?
Why sure they will.
Nurses in Canada like getting paid big for working small...
Mike can help
never happen..the liberal mantra is “touch everyone ELSES money, NOT mine”..
They have nurses in Cana-duh? What are they mooses filled with milk so Cannuks can suckle from their cheeses nips before they whine?
Canada....
Oh, you have to wait a few months for your surgery....no worries.
If the Canadian system is so good, why does Seattle treat over 50,000 Canadians for serious illness each year? A Canadian friend of mine was diagnosed with a heart problem and told she would be put on the waiting list for her operation in Toronto (300 miles away). She was told she'd have to wait 19 months. She died 2 months later.
Oh, and by the way, I don't think health care is a right. It is something you purchase, just like any other good or service. If your job doesn't pay health benefits, get a different job or buy it yourself. If you can find a better job or can't afford it, chances are pretty good you had more fun in high school than I did. While there are some cases where this hardline approach is wrong, they are damn few, and clearly not enough where the productive members of society need to take care of the unproductive members. Quit looking to the gov't to solve every problem and take some initiative yourself.
Only because her thumbs haven’t been sat on by michael moore. silly nurse...real thinkers don’t worship m.m.
See post #9.
I saw a couple of big, fat, ugly, US nurses’ union reps on TV praising moore. Figures the union goons would love him.
How surprising that a union leader would find anything insightful in a movie that contains no facts.
....and they come to NYC to visit...Canadian doctors who fled the socialist utopia of the north...
I've always wanted to ask these people who think US medicine is so awful a couple of questions. 1) According to the movie, the US insurance industry is bad because it won't pay for experimental treatments and drugs. How often does the government in Canada and Britain pay for these treatments? (Never) 2) If a great new drug comes on the market in the US can you get it in Canada? No. You get what the government has agreed to pay for. 3) If you have a very low birth weight infant in Canada or Europe will the government pay for the NICU costs? Is it even legal for you to get insurance to pay for such things? No. 4) If you need surgery like CABG or a hip replacement could you get it in a week in other countries? No. 5)What are the odds that Michael Moore goes to Cuba to take advantage of the "great care" they offer? Less than zero.
Just like a union. Teachers who don’t care about their students and nurses who don’t care about their patients.
I hope you sensed my sarcasm...I loath univeral healthcare, but I do believe our system needs to change. To give the public more chose...a freer market.
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