Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One

Series produced by Miles Eddy

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Perspectives on healthcare from doctors and administrators. Why a single-payer system is a solution to the current crises.

In this six part series of short interviews, rural doctor Rocky White, hospital CEO Russ Johnson, and emergency room doctor Beth Kinney speak out from three different perspectives why the current healthcare system is broken, why it is the problem of everyone including those with good insurance, and why a single-payer healthcare system would fix a lot of the problems.


6 Pieces

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We are all paying for a broken healthcare system! Three healthcare professionals speak out why and offer some possible solutions.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
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If you look at who is profitable in healthcare these days, it's not hospitals, it's not doctors; the two most profitable lines of business are phar...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:44
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When capitalism is applied to taking care of our health, things can quickly get out of control.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
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As access to healthcare becomes increasingly difficult, emergency rooms are becoming the primary health service for a lot of people.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:47
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Emergency rooms don't have access to a patient's primary healthcare information. This, as well as the cost of a healthcare education, adds to the ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2006
  • Length: 05:35
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The problems in healthcare have gone beyond just tweaking the current system to a point where we really have to look at infrastructure issues, and ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:44