Falling Through the Cracks: Stories of Americans Uninsured
Experts discussed the more than 41 million Americans with no health insurance, and real people shared their experiences of trying to find healthcare. Leading medical experts agree that going without health insurance frequently leads to emergency hospitalizations, critical illness, and sometimes, premature death.
Opening remarks by Noah Wyle, actor, ER
Panelists
• E. Richard Brown, Ph.D., director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Past President, American Public Health Association
• Susan Dentzer, health correspondent, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
• Jonathan Fielding, M.D., director of Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
• Arthur Kellerman, M.D., director, Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
• Ron Pollack, founding executive director, Families USA
• Robert Ross, M.D., director, The California Endowment, former Director, San Diego County Department of Health Services
• Moderator: Neal Baer, MD, executive producer, Law & Order: SVU
The event was a collaboration between the Writers Guild of America, west, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Lear Center’s Hollywood, Health & Society program.