February 11, 2005

Medical disaster: that's entertainment!

The New York Times reports that ABC Television will produce a reality program featuring a "team of physicians" that will "scour the country seeking people who urgently need medical care but do not have the wherewithal to obtain it."

It shouldn’t take much scouring.

What a commentary on our times: the one way commercial network television devotes prime time to a discussion of health policy issues is in a non-journalistic, entertainment-based format. Maybe you'll get kicked off the island if you are a senior or if you lose your job and your insurance along with it.

Posted by schwitz at February 11, 2005 01:01 PM
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