You may be interested in a couple recent pieces I've done:

RECENT WRITINGS
"Racine: Haunted City" in the July, 2007 issue of The Progressive.
I reflect on family history, the state of my hometown, once a hothouse of working people standing up for their rights, and now, thanks to deindustrialization and globalization, a city where the factories are being emptied out and the jails being filled up.

"Welcome to the Sicko world" July 3 FightingBob.com.
"Michael Moore's "Sicko" doesn't have an unforgettable shower scene like Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," but nonetheless, private insurers and drug companies are running out of the theatres screaming in terror.
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"Sicko" has touched an unbelievably responsive chord among Americans distraught over their health system: it's expensive (twice any other nation's per-capita cost), provides 37th-place quality, carries a 31% bureaucratic overhead burden, leaves out some 47 million uninsured, and is dominated by for-profit insurers, not caring medical professionals. In city after city, audiences erupt in applause and standing ovations at the conclusion of Michael Moore's film.

But public opinion doesn't seem to register with our elected representatives, who often seem to operate as though held tightly on a leash by their big campaign contributors. Along with tens of millions in campaign contributions, there are four healthcare lobbyists for each of our 535 members of Congress.
Only people power can overcome this money power. Along with fighting for the Healthy Wisconsin legislation that will lower costs and rein in the insurers' abuses, here's some sources for ideas on what you can do:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/
http://www.calnurse.org/sicko/
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/checkup/