Health4all : "Health, Money and Fear"

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Every year more Alaskan families lose health insurance and can't afford health care. Every year more families with health insurance cannot afford to use it because of expensive out-of-pocket charges. Every year more Alaskan elders with Medicare are refused treatment by local physicians. And every year health care in Alaska continues to cost 30 percent more than down south. These problems are a reflection of the crisis across the nation. Not surprisingly, the United States ranks last in preventable deaths compared to 14 Western European nations. We have a lot to talk about.

Lawrence D. Weiss retired from UAA in 2004 as a research professor in public health. He designed and built the Master of Public Health program at UAA, and has published three books and numerous articles on public health and health policy issues. He completed a post-doctoral degree at Harvard School of Public Health in 1982, and has been in Alaska ever since. His favorite expression is "facts matter." Occasionally he can be found in a local pub drinking beer and eating pizza while engaged in passionate conversation with friends.

"Health, Money and Fear"

Posted by health4all

Posted: January 9, 2009 - 2:57 pm

Frustrated by the "multiple absurdities of our health care system, Dr. Paul Hochfeld created the DVD Health, Money and Fear, with the goal of "nudging the health care system in the direction of sanity and sustainability."

This 47 minute film examines why our health care system costs so mush, how it reflects on our society, what what can be done to change the system. Doctors interviewed in the film include John Kithaber (former Governor of Oregon), Arnold Relman (Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine), and Daniel Callahan (co founder of the Hastings Center.

To find out more about Health, Money and Fear, or to order a copy, visit the website www.ourailinghealth.com. DVDs are available for donations of 0-$25.

posted by K.L., ACPP Project Coordinator