FRONTLINE: "Sick around America" PBS

[Nikki Stone1]

Full Video here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundamerica/view/

[debbierlus]

1. Thanks for posting - put it in your journal and DU moderators - POST IT ON FRONT PAGE

This is a must watch.

Single payer is what we need.

[Nikki Stone1]

2. Thanks for the rec. I hope we can get more.

:kick:

[slay]

3. K&R

I've seen some, but not all of this. Thanks for posting it. :hi:

[Nikki Stone1]

4. You're welcome.

HealthNet pays bonuses for recisions according to this program.

[Nikki Stone1]

5. Look at 42:47, a family under the Mass. plan (which the Baucus bill copies)

This family is paying about $1200/month for an insurance plan through the state, for a family of 4, which they HAVE to buy. They are not poor enough to be subsidized, but not rich enough to pay the premium without hardship. The monthly premium is TWICE their mortgage.

[Lucy Goosey]

6. k&r

good one

[Nikki Stone1]

7. They don't really talk about single payer at all.

Frontline is really toeing the government/industry line here.

[proud patriot]

8. Thank You

I'm listening to an archive of yesterdays ring of fire .
Then I'll watch this .

[Nikki Stone1]

9. You're welcome.

I prefer Michael Moore's Sicko, but then I support single payer.

[jtrockville]

10. Also see: Sick Around the World

VERY eye-opening look at healh care systems in other countries - where no one goes bankrupt because they got sick:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Thanks!

[PHIMG]

12. SHILLS for the individual/private mandate...no mention of Single Payer

This is horrible. Better to watch Sick Around the World.

[SoCalDem]

13. I think this was the one where the documentarian bascially quit

because they skewed it away from his original intent, and edited out the salient points.