POV - Critical Condition by Roger Weisberg | PBS 2008

What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? "Critical Condition" by Roger Weisberg ("Waging a Living," P.O.V. 2006) puts a human face on the nation's growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, even their lives. Filmed in vérité style, "Critical Condition" offers a moving and invaluable expose at a time when the nation is debating how to extend health insurance to all Americans. A production of Public Policy Productions in association with Thirteen/WNET New York and American Documentary | P.O.V.

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Broadcast Date:
September 30, 2008

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[metta108]

i just saw this last night and Roger Weisberg mentioned afterward that he hoped that those who see this will feel outrage, well he was right, it worked, though in all honesty i've felt outraged about the state of healthcare in the U.S. for a few years now.

healthcare is not a privilege of the few, but a right for all people in this country regardless of economic capability.

universal healthcare now!

[cthtlt]

I saw the film tonight. I am anxious to see health care debated. Something needed to be done years ago. Our government plans to bail out the financial industry with corporate welfare and the rich complain about bailing out the uninsured. Indeed!!!!

[huidel]

I saw this film yesterday at the San Jose CA. Cinequest Film Festival. It is excellent. Where Sicko featured the denial of care to the insured, Roger features Americans who are part of the 47 million uninsured. He follows them over a continuum and how their health was neglected because of lack of access to primary care. I in the Single Payer movement met Roger after the showing to thank him for his plans to show this film all over the US and have it be part of the Pres. debate on health care.