The healthcare crisis is poised to get a lot of airtime this coming year. As part of the Divided We Fail campaign, hundreds of writers and producers are pledging to address the issues of healthcare bankruptcy, the widespread lack of insurance, and other challenges in television shows and movies. According to USA TODAY:

"The filmmakers, the storytellers, are the ones who are going to make this happen," says Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of the Motion Picture & Television Fund and CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG. "They know how to entertain and enlighten at the same time."

Among the steps campaign members plan to take:

• Producing TV shows and movies that talk about health care issues in an accurate way.
• Pushing health care with political leaders.
• Setting an example by examining in-house health insurance plans.

"We're entering the height of the political debate," Katzenberg says. "We all understand how much these next four to eight years represent as far as the future and direction of health care." [emphasis added]

Let’s keep our eyes open for the fruits of their labors – and let’s make sure that healthcare workers’ voices are included in these stories!

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