The Waiting Room

documentary

The perfect movie for those who would like to spend a couple of hours watching poor people (ie those without 'health insurance') suffer, both stoically and loudly in a hospital waiting room. For variety every once in a while several people get wheeled in who have been shot...so are bleeding and dying. All staff race to save these people which makes the wait for the ones who are dying more slowly even longer. And presumably if the shot ones recover after heroic work they will get to go back out and maybe, if they are lucky and skilled, dodge the bullets next time.

Hobbes' observation still holds true...the lives of the poor are nasty, brutish and short.

If a poor person dies on a gurney in a public hospital...does it make a sound?

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