Money and Medicine (2012)
84 min
Examines the reasons behind the rising costs of health care in the United States. Looks at the dangers of over-diagnosis and over-treatment and investigates how waste pervades our medical system. Also looks at how some hospitals are working to create less expensive and high quality alternatives to the present system.
- Release date
- March 9, 2012
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Richard Fiocca
Cast
- Elliot Fisher as Self - Director, Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute
- David Feinberg as Self - President, UCLA Health System
- Brent James as Self - Chief Quality Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
- Melissa Brown as Hersent - Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Intermountain Medical Center
- April Montoya as Self - Patient, Intermountain Medical Center
- Diana Marin as Self - Former Patient, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
- Shannon Brownlee as Self - Acting Director, Health Policy Program, New American Foundation
- Jerome Hoffman as Self - Professor Emeritus, Emergency Medicine, UCLA Medical Center
- Ravi Aysola as Self - Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
- Willie Stonum as Self - Patient, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Crew
- Roger Weisberg · Director
- Roger Weisberg · Producer
- Richard Fiocca · Composer
- Sandra Chandler · Cinematographer
- Guy Mossman · Cinematographer
- Jimmy O'Donnell · Cinematographer
- Pascal Akesson · Editor