It seems to me that the problem with our healthcare system lies in the cost of treatment, not the insurance companies. Believe me, I have demonized the insurance companies in my mind for years, but this documentary has shown me a few new things to think about.

For instance, why is it that the ventilator(sp?) for premies is so expensive? How much does it really cost in the way of power and wages to run the machine? Why is Nexxium so expensive? It is comperable to an over the counter drug that costs very little to make, ship, and advertise.

Maybe the people we should be yelling at are the distributers of the machines and the drugs. I, for one, believe that over-drugging the population isn’t a good thing. Granted, our life expectancy is higher now, but at what cost? There is a new treatment that allows women to become pregnant as early as newborn to as old as 100. Is that right? What side effects come from this drug?

Natural law says that we are supposed to live for a certain time. At what cost is it worth it to mess with that natural order? Granted, we want to be around as long as we can and we want our loved ones to be around as long as they can, but quality of life should be a concern.

Take a step back… childbirth happens all over the world in the mothers’ bedrooms. Why do we need extended hospital stays for something so basic and primal?

Peter Jennings brought the kind of credibility to the network anchor position that Walter Cronkite personified. In the week that we bury Walter and hopes on the Hill for a quick health reform bill seem to be dying, it’s well worth your time to watch Jennings’ last special - its portrait of a health insurance crisis is even more relevant today.

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