The Uninsured forty-four million forgotten Americans

Smith, Hedrick (Added Author). Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Added Author). Films Media Group (Added Author). Hedrick Smith Productions. (Added Author).

Summary: Corporate cost-cutting, downsizing, temporary employment, and other business imperatives are making today's pricey health insurance either unavailable or unaffordable for 44 million Americans-of which 85 percent are in working families. With employers cutting back on offering insurance and with shrinking access to charity care as hospitals face their own funding shortfalls, where can America's uninsured turn for healthcare? In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith reports on how states such as California, Texas, and Tennessee are dealing with the desperate needs of the uninsured and their children.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (48 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
remote
electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2005], c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 12, 2005. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cost Versus Care Dilemma (1:04) -- One Uninsured Family (3:42) -- Shift the Cost to the Employee (3:45) -- Uninsured Tom Phillips (4:39) -- Uninsured Beals Revisited (2:49) -- Uninsured Rodriquez Family (4:22) -- Children's Health Insurance (3:42) -- Uninsured Gumaer Family (4:06) -- Equal Access to Care (5:37) -- Cost vs. Care (8:19) -- Future of Health Insurance (1:35)
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Target Audience Note:	11 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.