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American Health Care - On the Road to Nowhere
November 8, 2006
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Americans can't afford health care. In the last four years, the cost has increased more than 70 percent. Right now, more than 46 million people don't have health insurance and that number continues to rise. The U.S. is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee universal health care.
As costs of insurance spiral out of control and the government continues to pour money into Iraq, many people wonder how they are going to survive the health care crisis in this country. Joshua Smith is an uninsured freelance journalist, who traveled across the country to find out what others are saying about the state of health care in the U.S.
Featuring:
Suzanne Gruber, executive director, Holy Rosary Medical Center Foundation; Greg Leatherman, Idaho Quality Insurance; Mary Hernandez, director, Mental Health Foundation; Ron Olmen, CEO, Saint John's Medical Center; Ron Hill, director of communication, Misericordia Health Center; Michael Haristhal, Hennepin County Medical Center; Megan Meagher, assistant director, Campaign For Better Health Care; Beth Lisberg, Technical Writer; Benjamin Day, executive director, Mass Care; Alan Sager, professor, Boston University School of Public Health.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Freelance Producer: Joshua Emerson Smith
Freelance Associate Producer: Emily Polk
Intern: Alexis McCrimmon
For more information:
Holy Rosary Medical Center
351 SW Ninth Street
Ontario, OR 97914-2693
541-881-7000
www.holyrosary-ontario.org
Mental Health Foundation
1245 North 29th street
PO Box 219
Billings, MT 59103-0219
781-239-0071
www.mentalhealthscreening.org
St. John¹s Medical Center
PO Box 428, 625 East Broadway
Jackson, WY 83001
307-733-3636
www.tetonhospital.org/frontpage/Default.htm
Misericordia Health Center
99 Cornish Ave
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1A2 CANADA
1-888-315-9257
www.misericordia.mb.ca
Hennepin County Medical Center
701 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-873-3000
www.hcmc.org
Campaign For Better Health Care
1325 South Wabash, suite #305
Chicago, IL 60605-2504
312-913-9449
www.cbhconline.org
Beginnings
1325 North State Parkway, suite 6E
Chicago, IL 60610
312-335-1218;
www.beginningsdesign.com/beginnings.html
Mass-Care
The Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care
8 Beacon St., Suite 26
Boston, MA 02108
1-800-383-1973
www.masscare.org
Boston University School of Public Health
715 Albany Street, Talbot Building
Boston, MA 02118
617-638-4640
http://sph.bu.edu