Bitter Medicine, Part One: The Birth of Medicare

Directed by Thomas Shandel
28m[Short](/on-demand/category/short)
Part one 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 One: The Birth of Medicare

  • Ann PetrieNarrator
  • Tommy DouglasSelf - former Premier of Saskatchewan
  • Reynold GoldSelf - University of Toronto
  • Emmett HallSelf - Saskatoon
  • Orville HjertaasSelf - Prince Albert
  • Joan HollobanSelf - journalist, Globe and Mail
  • Sam LandaSelf - Saskatoon
  • Stan RandsSelf - University of Regina
  • Phyllis SteeleSelf - former Municipal Doctor
  • Ed WhelanSelf - former MLA, Regina
  • Sam WolfeSelf - Columbia University, New York
  • Thomas ShandelDirector / Producer / Written By
  • Penny GursteinAssociate Producer
  • George JohnsonProducer
  • John TaylorExecutive Producer
  • Kirk TougasCinematographer
  • Barbara EvansEditor
  • Jean PichéComposer

 

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