Award-winning Pharma Exposé to be Screened for National Health Care Service Day
Activist Groups Select "Money Talks" to Raise Awareness about Health Care Reform
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 24, 2009
On Saturday, June 27 several Organizing For America and Healthcare For All groups across the country will screen the award-winning documentary Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety (http://www. moneytalksthemovie. com) for National Health Care Day of Service. The timely film by critically acclaimed filmmakers Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau and Holly Mosher raises awareness about the urgent need for health care reform--one of the main goals of the national initiative--by offering compelling insight into the questionable marketing tactics and record profits of the pharmaceutical industry.
The 50-minute documentary, which was selected as one of the most important films of 2008 by the American Library Association, features interviews with medical community heavy-hitters who expose the shocking facts and lesser-known truths about pharmaceutical influence. Experts in the film include Harvard's Dr. John Abramson, author of Overdosed America; Columbia University's Dr. Bob Goodman, founder of the 'No Free Lunch' program; Alex Sugerman-Brozan, director of Prescription Access Litigation; Dr. Jerome Hoffman of UCLA Medical School; and investigative journalist Jeanne Lenzer.
Also interviewed in the documentary is filmmaker Slattery-Moschkau (http://www. thekathleenshow. com/About/KathleensBio/tabid/61/Default. aspx), who spent a decade working as a pharma rep for two of the nation's top pharmaceutical companies before going on to make three films on the issues surrounding the industry, including the critically acclaimed film Side Effects (http://www. thekathleenshow. com/Store/SideEffectsStarringKatherineHeigl/tabid/111/Default. aspx) starring Katherine Heigl (available on DVD by Warner Bros.).
"By using misleading advertising, attractive drug reps who wine and dine doctors, skewed studies and boatloads of 'free' samples, the drug industry makes billions of dollars every year creating a demand for overpriced and often times unsafe or unnecessary drugs," adds Slattery-Moschkau.
She says, "These tactics directly affect the safety and cost of our prescription drug supply and are just a few of the many reasons health care reform is needed in this country."
To attend a Money Talks screening, coordinate your own screening of the film or to find another National Health Care Service Day event near you, visit http://my. barackobama. com/page/content/hcservice/ (http://my. barackobama. com/page/content/hcservice/).
Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety is also available on DVD, or as part of an educational viewing package at www. moneytalksthemovie. com.
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