and the commonwealth fund. let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year. ( applause ) narrator: tonight on frontline, as the federal government begins to grapple with health care reform, frontline travels the country to investigate our broken health care system. we meet americans whose medical bills have driven them into bankruptcy. so she says, well, you re uninsured. and i say, yes, i am. and she says, well, how are you going to pay the bill? i said, you know, that s a real good question. narrator: .and people who can t afford the treatment they need. there isn t any country in the developed world where you would have to put off major surgery because you couldn t pay for it. narrato .and others who are losing insurance coverage just when they need it most. three days later, i received a letter telling me that they were rescinding my coverage. the total amount came to in excess of $160,000.
and the commonwealth fund. let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year. ( applause ) narrator: tonight on frontline, as the federal government begins to grapple with health care reform, frontline travels the country to investigate our broken health care system. we meet americans whose medical bills have driven them into bankruptcy. so she says, well, you re uninsured. and i say, yes, i am. and she says, well, how are you going to pay the bill? i said, you know, that s a real good question. narrator: .and people who can t afford the treatment they need. there isn t any country in the developed world where you would have to put off major surgery because you couldn t pay for it. narrato .and others who are losing insurance coverage just when they need it most. three days later, i received a letter telling me that they were rescinding my coverage. the total amount came to in excess of $160,000.