Medical System Videos

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Ms. Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer published by Bloomsbury USA. Shannon Brownlee's stories and essays about medicine, health care, and biotechnology have appeared in such publications as the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, and Time. Born and raised in Honolulu, she holds a masterâs degree in biology from the University of California. She is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. Brownlee lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and son. Visit her website.

WNYC's Political Director Andrea Bernstein interviews Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt and filmmaker Roger Weisberg about the candidates' health care plans and the economics of health care in the U.S. and abroad. (23 minutes)

How would John McCain and Barack Obama reform America's health care system? KCBS reporter Doug Sovern moderated a debate held at California's Commonwealth Club on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, to learn how each candidate would approach this looming issue. (65 minutes)

"Critical Condition" asks what happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in American without health insurance, and follows four critically ill Americans who are uninsured. Filmmaker Roger Weisberg talks about the process of making the film. (17 minutes)

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