Michael Moore on HCR: "We're Supposed to Accept 'It's Better Than Nothing' - It's a Travesty" [View All]

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CNN 360 w/ ANDERSON COOPER - 11 March 2010: Michael Moore on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, March 11, 2010.

COOPER: "What do you think of the bill that's being debated now - the Senate version of the bill? Is it better than nothing?"

MOORE: "Well, that's where we're at right now in this country, right. We're just supposed to accept 'Well, it's better than nothing.' Is that who we are as Americans? I thought we were about 'We want the best.' We want to be able to do the best, be the best. This bill right now is, personally, it's a travesty, as far as I'm concerned, because it has nothing to do with universal health care.

Are there good things in the bill? Of course. You know, pre-existing condition..."

COOPER: "Pre-existing conditions..."

MOORE: "You know, all these things, yes. Everyone agrees on these things. And they could have just gone ahead and had a bill on that and passed it, and a bill on let parents keep their kids on their health insurance until they're 25, you know, things everyone can agree on, but...

But, President Obama and the Congress, they took office with the people - I think they were very clear, the public, during the campaign - that they expected universal health care in this country. They expected everybody to be covered; that we live in the best country in the world, and we're not acting like it.

Because we're, what are we now, #37 in terms of our health care? All the numbers, in fact, are so low when it comes to how we treat ourselves, when we're such a wealthy nation..."