Saving the Healthcare System

On Sept. 16, at 4:30 pm, Movies That Matter presents Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, a film that tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system?

American healthcare costs are rising so rapidly that they could reach $4.2 trillion annually, roughly 20 percent of our gross domestic product, within ten years. We spend $300 billion a year on pharmaceutical drugs––almost as much as the rest of the world combined. We pay more, yet our health outcomes are worse.

Escape Fire examines the powerful forces maintaining the status quo, a medical industry designed for quick fixes rather than prevention, for profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. After decades of resistance, a movement to bring innovative high-touch, low-cost methods of prevention and healing into our high-tech, costly system is finally gaining ground. Award-winning filmmakers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke follow dramatic human stories as well as leaders fighting to transform healthcare at the highest levels of medicine, industry, government, and even the US military.

The film is part of the monthly Movies That Matter series examining a wide range of issues. The screenings are free and followed by a discussion. The UU Fellowship is located at 10341 Hwy 42 in north Ephraim. For more information call 920.854.7559.