by Sylvia Moore | Sep 21, 2012 | News, Video
Back in July, I wrote on this blog about The Waiting Room, a new documentary that follows life inside a public hospital in Oakland. The film is finally being shown in California in limited theatrical release starting next week. Here’s the schedule: Santa Monica:...
by Sylvia Moore | Jul 18, 2012 | News, Video
Whenever healthcare reform is discussed in the media, often the voices left out are the people actually affected by our broken system. The Waiting Room, an award-winning documentary by filmmaker Pete Nicks, aims to change that. The film focuses on the stories of the...
by Sylvia Moore | May 20, 2011 | News, Video
National Nurses United put together the following YouTube campaign in support of federal legislation to expand Medicare to everyone. The videos feature uninsured Californians who traveled to a recent free clinic in Oakland to receive medical care. The bill, called the...
by Sylvia Moore | Apr 15, 2011 | News, Video
While Democratic and Republican lawmakers bickered over budget deficits in Sacramento and Washington, last week thousands of uninsured and underinsured Californians endured long lines and chilly weather to receive the health care denied to them under our cruel,...