public policy

Money & Medicine PBS documentary

To complete this discussion board, you will need to watch the Money & Medicine film.  The film is available to stream online through the USM Library.  http://catalog.lib.usm.edu/record=b3572854~S1 (Links to an external site.)

Money & Medicine investigates the dangers the nation faces from runaway health care spending as well as the dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over-treatment. In addition to illuminating the waste and over treatment that pervade our medical system, Money & Medicineexplores promising ways to reduce health care expenditures and improve the overall quality of medical care. The press release about the film is available at: https://www.thirteen.org/13pressroom/press-release/money-medicine/ (Links to an external site.)

Discussion

Join the discussion by posting about the part of the film that you learned the most from or found most interesting and why.