Money and Medicine (DVD)

As soaring medical costs threaten to bankrupt the country, MONEY AND MEDICINE examines dangers the nation faces from runaway health-care spending as well as the dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over-treatment. ?With unusual candor and poignancy the film captures painful end-of-life treatment choices, investigates the controversy surrounding diagnostic testing and screening, and highlights the shocking treatment variations among patients receiving a variety of elective procedures. Ultimately, MONEY AND MEDICINE puts a human face on the waste that pervades our health-care system while exploring the medical, ethical, and financial challenges of containing such spending.