Wait Til It’s Free
Best known for his provocative and critically acclaimed film Indoctrination, about public education, conservative Christian filmmaker Colin Gunn has now come out with his “second opinion” as to what is really wrong with the nation’s healthcare system in his newest groundbreaking documentary Wait Till It’s Free. Gunn challenges the perceived notion of the free market being responsible for the high prices in healthcare, revealing government intervention as the actual ailment. Covering much more than just ObamaCare, Wait Till It’s Free examines the history, ramifications, and practical alternatives to government-directed healthcare.
Whereas in Indoctrination, Colin Gunn drove around in a school bus as the framework of the movie, this time he uses the interactions of customers and workers in a small diner to illustrate the causes, problems, and viable solutions to healthcare in the United States.
High-cost Healthcare
The film opens with the emotional story of Jeff and Kelle Swanson, in rural Shelby, Michigan. When their youngest daughter, Claudia, was born, the doctors noticed what they thought was a smudge on her back. Claudia was diagnosed with spina bifida, a birth defect caused when the embryonic neural tube fails to close. Jeff, who serves as the pastor of a local church and is uninsured, was told that his daughter required an MRI, which they agreed to have done, under the impression that it would cost only $3,000, as the hospital told them. The Swansons were shocked when their bill arrived with a total amount due of $20,430.66. To make matters worse, additional bills arrived, one from the radiologist and another from the anesthesiologist. When all was said and done, the total cost of their bills summed up to a staggering $300,000.
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