Trouble with your health insurance company? Download Michael Moore's 'Sicko' card

Michael Moore's recent documentary, Sicko, is a damning indictment of the United States health care system (or lack there of). But, while there's a number of things people can do over the long-term to tackle the issues he addresses, what about the people who are being denied treatment today?

In a recent interview on MSNBC's Hardball, Moore proposed an interesting solution:

"...what I tell people is, if you're having trouble right now with your insurance company, and they won't pay for something, go ahead and use my name ... Say that I'm coming, that you have talked to me personally. You have my permission to do that."

Plus, just to make you seem more authentic, Moore created a Sicko insurance card that you can print out from his website, laminate, and use to threaten any doctor who refuses treatment.

How did he come up with such an ingenious idea? Apparently people have already been doing it without his permission, so -- rather than try and stop them -- Moore decided to make it easier.

Not that I'd normally advocate blackmail, but if you've run out of options, this seems like it might actually work.