NOVA

Season 8, Episode 6

Episode Title: The Malady of Health Care

Air Date: 1981-02-24

Overview:

Health care is no longer two Aspirins and some chicken soup—it is a huge enterprise capable of amazing feats and costing billions of dollars. How can we afford to pay the bills? Is quality health care a right or a privilege? NOVA examines these questions in a comparison between the American and British systems of health care.