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Bitter Medicine, Part Two: Medicare in Crisis

Directed by Thomas Shandel
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Part two of a 2-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the 20th century to its present state of crisis.

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Cast of Bitter Medicine, Part Two: Medicare in Crisis

  • Ann PetrieSelf - Narrator
  • Marc BaltzanSelf - President, Canadian Medical Association
  • John BurySelf - Saskatoon Community Clinic
  • Sharon CarrieSelf - RN, North Vancouver
  • Joan CharboneauSelf - private practitioner, Mississauga
  • Tommy DouglasSelf - former Premier of Saskatchewan
  • Robert EvansSelf - economist, University of British Columbia
  • Guy GenierSelf - private practitioner, Ottawa
  • Emmett HallSelf - Saskatoon
  • Orville HjertaasSelf - Prince Albert
  • Maitland McNeilSelf - Wynyard Community Health Centre
  • Lorna MintzSelf - intern, Toronto
  • Stan RandsSelf - University of Regina
  • Lee SexellSelf - midwife, Vancouver
  • Thomas ShandelDirector / Producer / Written By
  • Penny GursteinAssociate Producer
  • George JohnsonProducer
  • John TaylorExecutive Producer
  • Brian HoskingCinematographer
  • Andy OrmsbyCinematographer

 

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