Michael Moore, RNs, Doctors, and Patients Join June 12 for Landmark Legislative Briefing, Rally, Screening on 'SiCKO' and Push for Guaranteed Healthcare

Michael Moore, RNs, Doctors, and Patients Join June 12 for Landmark Legislative Briefing, Rally, Screening on 'SiCKO' and Push for Guaranteed Healthcare

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Filmmaker Michael Moore will testify at a landmark Sacramento legislative briefing on his stunning new documentary "SiCKO" Tuesday, June 12. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee announced an updated schedule today.

The briefing is sponsored by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, chair of the Senate Health Committee, and author of a sweeping healthcare reform bill, SB 840. The briefing for legislative coauthors of SB 840 will be followed by a big rally with Moore and Physicians for a National Health Program on the west steps of the Capitol and then a special premiere of "SiCKO" for RNs, doctors, healthcare activists, and invited guests.

Legislative briefing with Michael Moore:
Tuesday, June 12, 12 noon - 1:30 p.m., State Capitol, Room 4203

CNA/NNOC-sponsored rally with Moore:
Tuesday, June 12, 2 p.m., Capitol West Steps

CNA/NNOC-Hosted Screening:
Tuesday, June 12, 3:30 p.m., Crest Theater, 1013 K St., Sacramento

"SiCKO" is a stunning new documentary on the U.S. healthcare crisis that opens in U.S. theaters on June 29.

CNA/NNOC is working with PNHP, Health Care-Now, and other nurse groups across the U.S. to turn out thousands for the opening-day premieres, and for events leading up to June 29 -- and to build a broader movement for genuine reform, like SB 840 or HR 676 in Congress that would establish a single-payer system similar to an expanded and improved Medicare for all.

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FCMN Contact:

Source: California Nurses Association

CONTACT: Charles Idelson, +1-510-273-2246, cell, +1-415-559-8991, or
Shum Preston, +1-510-273-2276, both of California Nurses Association

Web site:

http://www.calnurses.org/

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