Sicko Producer Meghan O'Hara to Discuss Health Policy Reform

Colloquium Presentation to be held Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in Zimmerman Recital Hall

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ANNVILLE, PA (09/01/2010)(readMedia)-- Meghan O'Hara, producer of Michael Moore's award-winning 2007 documentary Sicko, will discuss the public debate over health policy reform in the U.S. O'Hara's presentation, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in Zimmerman Recital Hall at the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, is part of the Lebanon Valley College fall 2010 Colloquium series on Health. Admission is free and open to the public.

Sicko, shown on Sept. 7 in the Allen Theatre, exposed how America's health care system is not necessarily focused on saving lives and compares the American health care experience to that of expatriates receiving free care in another country. The film provides an appropriate backdrop to the ongoing debate about the recently passed U.S. health care reform.

As producer of Sicko, O'Hara was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Motion Picture of the Year Award. She is an expert not only on the American health care system, but also on the public debate over health care policy reform and on the role of the media in mobilizing the political will of the people. This conversation will build on the discussion generated over the film Sicko, and extend to the role of the media in politics and the ability of the political system to meet the various policy challenges we face.

O'Hara collaborated with Moore on other projects, including Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine. She is the creator and producer of HonestEngineTV, developing an array of programming that includes "The IFC Media Project," critically acclaimed as "a hip, progressive, youth-oriented '60 Minutes'." Other television credits include HBO's "Rome: The Making Of," Bravo's "Behind the Screen," and A&E's "Biography" series. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 2008 for best feature documentary and was awarded a Producer's Guild Award for producer of the year for a documentary feature and the 2007 Gotham Award for best documentary.