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Critical Condition is a  short film that tells the story of 4 ordinary, hard-working Americans and their experience with Healthcare in the United States.  By the end of the film I found myself crying and was disgusted to see how being uninsured cost some of them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=amdo1fp44b

I learned that more than 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. The health care crisis has an impact on individual health, family stability and the nation’s economy. The lost productivity of uninsured Americans costs the economy up to $130 billion dollars a year — more than the estimated cost to cover the uninsured.

• Sixty percent of uninsured adults had to forgo medical care this year.
• Every year, 22,000 Americans die prematurely because they lack health insurance.
• Among nonelderly adults, the lack of health insurance is the sixth leading cause of death in America.

Please let me know what you think about the film and if you were as outraged as I was. What can I as an individual do to change this situation?