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A human profile and an important perspective on the ongoing debate over health care reform. Dr. Steffi Woolhandler and Dr. David Himmelstein lead a campaign by doctors to reform health care which they see as needlessly expensive and corrupt. Together they founded Physicians for a National Health Program in 1987 which aims for a system where everyone is covered. They decry the soaring costs of health care – and how that hurts poor people who are uninsured -- and many in the middle class who are under-insured. The doctors pull no punches in describing what they see as enormous waste and unconscionable greed in health care expenditures. The second segment features American doctors who have visited other nations to learn of workable alternative systems.
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A human profile and an important perspective on the ongoing debate over health care reform. Dr. Steffi Woolhandler and Dr. David Himmelstein lead a campaign by doctors to reform health care which they see as needlessly expensive and corrupt. Together they founded Physicians for a National Health Program in 1987 which aims for a system where everyone is covered. They decry the soaring costs of health care – and how that hurts poor people who are uninsured -- and many in the middle class who are under-insured. The doctors pull no punches in describing what they see as enormous waste and unconscionable greed in health care expenditures. The second segment features American doctors who have visited other nations to learn of workable alternative systems.
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Powerful, vital program.This program should be broadcast until every American hears it. |
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***For stations preferring to air this as a FULL-HOUR program:
The end of the first 29-minute segment flows into a billboard for the second half-hour, concluding with the phrase, "when Humankind continues in a moment." This is followed immediately by a :30 music bed for local ID, etc. The bed begins at 29:30. Second half of the program begins at 30:00 and concludes at 58:55 with the PRI audio logo.
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Posted on December 12, 2009 at 11:19 AM | Permalink
An excellent, multidimensional survey of our healthcare problems.
For anyone who doesn't understand what all the fuss is over healthcare, have them listen to this. The two doctors who are interviewed are clear and passionate - though they remain calm, you can hear the anger and frustration in their voices, which adds to the power of what they're saying. My father has been a doctor for 45 years; my mother has managed his practice for much of that time. I can relate when the doctors say their children get to hear their frustrations all the time. I did, too, and this interview supports so much of what I heard.
When people talk about waste and corruption in the system, they generally focus on the exorbitant cost of unnecessary procedures, as did the doctors here. There's also the cost of missed time from work, and the human cost - even a "minor" procedure can cause anxiety, pain/discomfort, and time to recover. While that was implied or mentioned throughout, I wouldn't have minded it being more explicit. But that's a minor quibble with an otherwise powerful program.