The health insurance debate is heating up across America generating a lot of heat and not much light. Health care is a topic that the Fred Friendly Seminars has returned to repeatedly, helping viewers to explore issues more fully and understand how public policies play out in real life. These three programs provide a probing, and very human, perspective on some of the urgent health issues that face the nation.
MINDS ON THE EDGE:
Facing Mental Illness
It's your brother, your daughter, or perhaps your best friend struggling with mental illness. Why is it so difficult to get them the help they need? And why has mental illness become such an issue for the criminal justice system?
On Air Now on PBS.
REINVENTING HEALTHCARE
What is the impact of the current health insurance system on every day Americans? How are concerns about health insurance coverage effecting the choices that families make, how doctors practice medicine, and how employers manage their bottom line? Taped on the eve of the first presidential debate in 2008, this program explores the issues dominating the news today.
EPIDEMIC:
HIV/AIDS in Black America
Kaiser Permanente, the health insurance company, commissioned this program as an educational tool to help African Americans meet the challenge of this devastating health threat. Why is the spreadof HIV/AIDS proving so difficult to stop? What public policies, community support, and personal actioncan help?
