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Anna Deavere SmithWhile politicians and the media war over "the public option" and "bending the cost curve," acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith and her one-woman play ?LET ME DOWN EASY? give voice to questions of life and death, sickness and healthcare.
Santa Ana's Community Health CrusadeThe JOURNAL profiles public health doctor America Bracho, who serves her Santa Ana, CA community ? notorious for crime, poverty and disease ? with her organization, Latino Health Access. The JOURNAL on Community OrganizersExplore a video collection of JOURNAL profiles of people who are making a difference in their communities. Topic(s): civil liberties, civil rights, community organizing, economy, education, employment, environment, food, government, healthcare, human rights, humanitarian aid, hunger, inequality, Katrina, Liberia, social services, women, youth
Moyers on the Health Industry LobbyA Bill Moyers essay on the health industry lobby.
Remembering Charles HoustonBill Moyers remembers his friend, renowned physician and mountaineer Charlie Houston. View Bill Moyers complete 2004 interview with Houston and Houston's own film on his 1953 K2 expedition.
Web Exclusive: The Man Behind the ProtestsA Bill Moyers essay on the protests in Washington, D.C. and who is funding opposition to health care reform.
Dr. Jim Yong KimGlobal health specialist and Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim shares his expertise in public health.
No More Mr. Nice Guy. A Bill Moyers essay on fighting the health care debate.
Comparing International Medical CostsData shows that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other industrialized nation ? and gets less. Why? Mapping Medical CostsExplore the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice's atlas that documents "glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States." Money-Driven MedicineThe film reveals how a profit-hungry "medical-industrial complex" has turned health care into a system where millions are squandered on unnecessary tests, unproven and sometimes unwanted procedures and overpriced prescription drugs. (Please note that due to copyright restrictions we are no longer able to present this video online.)
Critical ConditionFilmmaker Roger Weisberg puts a human face to the 47 million uninsured in America in CRITICAL CONDITION. The film follows families fighting illness without health coverage. Who Are the Uninsured?What are the costs in dollars and premature death?
David FrumA Conservative Plan for Healthcare? Bill Moyers sits down with former special assistant to George W. Bush David Frum, who is calling on Republicans to come up with their own plan for health care reform and suggests changes that conservatives can support. War of Words on Health Care -- Jamieson and AltmanMedia analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kaiser Family Foundation president and CEO Drew Altman discuss the messages in health care ads today, and how well they reflect the real issues of health care reform
Remote Area MedicalLearn more about Remote Area Medical, the non-profit group that mounts "medical expeditions" in the U.S. and abroad. Wendell Potter -- Profits or PatientsWith almost 20 years inside the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are standing in the way of health care reform
Trudy Lieberman and Marcia AngellBill Moyers sits down with Trudy Lieberman, director of the health and medical reporting program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Marcia Angell, senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School and former editor in chief of the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.
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