The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

Follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital that prioritizes people over profit.

Stephen, a restaurant franchise manager, signed up for his company’s lowest priced plan, only to find himself facing insurmountable costs after a cancer diagnosis. Christian is a young college student and retail worker who can’t seem to get an accurate diagnosis, let alone treatment, for his debilitating knee pain. Geronimo, thirty-six years old, has l...