Money-Driven Medicine

Synopsis: A film exploring the medical-industrial complex and the consequent high cost and poor quality of America’s health care system. It confronts the myths about what’s driving healthcare costs and quality, and aims to educate and help organise around the comprehensive changes needed to reform the US medical care system. Based on Maggie Mahar’s book, ‘Money Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much’, the film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the $2.6 trillion healthcare system, how it went so terribly wrong and what it will take to fix it. Medical ethicist Larry Churchill doesn’t mince words: "The current medical care system is not designed to meet the health needs of the population. It is designed to protect the interests of insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms, and to a certain extent organised medicine. It is designed to turn a profit. It is designed to meet the needs of the people in power."
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2009
Subjects: Business studies; Economics; Medical sciences; Politics & government
Keywords: economic issues; health care; pharmaceutical industry; political debate; United States of America; welfare services

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