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littlemissmartypants

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Tue Sep 25, 2012, 07:20 PM Sep 2012

A PBS Documentary Asks Why is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? TONIGHT AT 8:00

Money and Medicine

Date: 9-25-2012
Time: 8:00 pm
A look at the medical, ethical and financial challenges of containing runaway health care spending.


"Money and Medicine," a documentary set to air Sept. 25 on PBS, investigates some of the most notorious factors in driving U.S. health care costs. Ray Suarez speaks with director Roger Weisberg about how some of those costs are moving the nation toward financial crisis while still producing relatively mediocre medical results.


Here is an excerpt from the film and a conversation with the director
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A PBS Documentary Asks Why is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? TONIGHT AT 8:00 (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 OP
Two words: Fucking Greed!!!! gopiscrap Sep 2012 #1
Thanks for the headsup! malaise Sep 2012 #2
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