Panther in the Yard
"Flatline: America's Hospital Crisis" reveals the devastating situation of hospital closures across the country, examining the root causes and the major players of this health care epidemic and its im…
Panther in the Yard
"Flatline: America's Hospital Crisis" reveals the devastating situation of hospital closures across the country, examining the root causes and the major players of this health care epidemic and its impact on local communities. The U.S. is in a health care crisis that is hurting millions of Americans across the country. More than 200 hospitals nationwide, mostly in rural areas, closed in less than 20 years [1]. Over the next few years, more than 600 rural hospitals - nearly 30 percent of rural hospitals - are in financial distress and at risk of closing [2]. When hospitals close, people do not just lose the ability to access critical health care; the ripple effects reach far and wide, with many people losing jobs and local communities left in disarray. Life expectancy goes down while unemployment, crime, poverty, and death rates soar. Directed by award-winning investigative journalist, TV broadcaster, and radio host Steve Gruber, "Flatline" focuses on the people and the personal stories of what it's like for local communities to lose hospitals. Through the real-life stories of local residents, former hospital executives, former hospital workers, police officers, a retired judge, and interviews with health care experts and a hospital association executive, this film tells the story of "America's Hospital Crisis" up-close and personal.
Panther in the Yard
Comedy,Drama
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"Flatline: America's Hospital Crisis" reveals the devastating situation of hospital closures across the country, examining the root causes and the major players of this health care epidemic and its impact on local communities. The U.S. is in a health care crisis that is hurting millions of Americans across the country.
More than 200 hospitals nationwide, mostly in rural areas, closed in less than 20 years [1]. Over the next few years, more than 600 rural hospitals - nearly 30 percent of rural hospitals - are in financial distress and at risk of closing [2]. When hospitals close, people do not just lose the ability to access critical health care; the ripple effects reach far and wide, with many people losing jobs and local communities left in disarray.
Life expectancy goes down while unemployment, crime, poverty, and death rates soar. Directed by award-winning investigative journalist, TV broadcaster, and radio host Steve Gruber, "Flatline" focuses on the people and the personal stories of what it's like for local communities to lose hospitals. Through the real-life stories of local residents, former hospital executives, former hospital workers, police officers, a retired judge, and interviews with health care experts and a hospital association executive, this film tells the story of "America's Hospital Crisis" up-close and personal..