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6.0/10   164 votes
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Director:
Harry Winer
Writer (WGA):
Ilene Chaiken (written by)
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Release Date:
26 May 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
User Comments:
Is this really how health care works in America? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Laura Dern ... Linda Peeno

James LeGros ... Doug Peeno

Regina King ... Cheryl Griffith

Suki Kaiser ... Dawn Dubose

David Lewis ... Dr. Avery Principle
Jewel Staite ... Bryanna (15-20 years)

Michelle Clunie ... Gemma Coombs
David Parker ... Ted Leopold

William B. Davis ... Dr. Sam Verbush
Robert Wisden ... Andrew McCullough

Adam Arkin ... Paul Sheinberg
Michael St. John Smith ... Craig J. Trigoboff
Larry Musser ... Glenn J. Waldman
Connor Widdows ... Bryan Peeno

Jessica Lucas ... Tasha Peeno
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements and brief language.
Runtime:
114 min | Japan:104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Canada

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Is this really how health care works in America?, 19 October 2006
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Author: kiwibeca from Christchurch, New Zealand.

I saw this movie again recently. The first time I saw it I was incredulous, and the second time, even more so. Is this really truly how health care is funded in America?? Isn't there any kind of public system at all?

I just can't get over the apparent fact that a country that claims to be the most advanced of the so called developed countries would only have private health care. It's ridiculous.

Here only elective surgery is rationed, hip replacements, cataract surgery, that kind of thing. If you've got insurance, then you can go private, but otherwise, if you've got enough points, you get put on the waiting list and you eventually get your op for free. (The thing with the heart transplant would *never* happen here, that sort of thing isn't covered by our main health insurance company, as it's fully funded by the government.)

Although people are constantly winging and moaning about expensive doctor visits, (about NZ$50-$60 for an unsubsidised adult) if you need to go to A & E, you just go. In an ambulance, or otherwise. You don't have to ask permission.

What, prey tell, do people do if they can't afford health insurance?

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