By ESTHER K. SMITH
News staff writer
July 4, 2007
Michael Moore’s latest documentary, “Sicko,” comes to
Skylight Theatre in Hood River Friday.
Featured in one of the opening segments is a local man,
Rick de la Tour, who was uninsured when he accidentally lost the ends of
two fingers in a table saw accident about three years ago. After learning
what it would cost to reattach both fingers, de la Tour and his wife,
Shatoiya, decided to have only one reattached.
The couple was flown to Hollywood last week for the
film’s premier and were treated like celebrities, complete with limo and
red carpet.
“I felt like Brangelina,” Rick said.
“Originally we weren’t going to pursue any publicity
out of this — I would rather not be famous for being a knucklehead,” he
said. “But after seeing it I decided I really want people to see this
film.”
The documentary probes the American health care system,
with special focus on the health insurance industry, and compares it to
systems in Canada and elsewhere.
