Producer: Equal Health
Description: This two part video features Ellen Shaffer, Co-Director of the Equal Health Network, and Herb Schultz, Regional Director of the Depart of HHS, discussing how the health reform law will affect women, seniors, and public health on June 26, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. The videos address why health reform doesn't currently work, the politics of reform, and the House and Senate proposals among other issues.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:50:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Costs and Spending
Delivery Systems
Women's Health
Producer: PBS (NOW)
Description: PBS investigates a South Dakota law outlawing abortions in almost all cases and the role of government in health decisions.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:30:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Women's Health
Producer: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Description: A dual-enrollee that lives in Illinois describes the role that Medicaid plays in providing services, such as long-term care and personal care, which Medicare does not cover.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:03:29
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: Available through Films Media Group
Description: This program examines the moral and policy issues surrounding stem cell research. It explains the process in developing tissues for transplant work to address conditions such as Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, and other medical problems.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:53:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: PBS (NewsHour)
Description: New Mexico has the second-highest rate of uninsurance in the country. More than half of all New Mexico residents live in non-urban areas, often in towns that have no pharmacy and few physicians. This program examines access to care issues affecting rural residents. The program also examines medical care on American Indian reservations.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:11:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: PBS (NOW)
Description: This PBS program investigates the legal side of health benefits with regard to retirees who say that they are not receiving the benefits they were promised by their companies.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:30:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: Lutheran General Healthsystem
Description: This film discusses the need for more integrated health care delivery within the hospital and among health care providers.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:13:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: Frontline
Description: This documentary examines the unintended effects of the increased number of U.S. residents who live longer because of medical advances.
Length (hr:min:sec):
01:00:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: Hedrick Smith Productions
Description: This program examines the market-oriented nature of the U.S. health care system and compares decisions by HMOs with the diagnoses and recommendations of independent experts.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:48:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems
Producer: Christie Herring
Description: This film examines the sole health clinic in Jonestown in the rural heart of the Mississippi delta. It discusses the challenge of providing health services for a community that is comprised largely of African Americans without health insurance and have chronic health problems.
Length (hr:min:sec):
00:17:00
Topic(s) Covered:
Delivery Systems