The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
56 mins
Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months.
Daniel Loewenthal
Producer
Daniel Loewenthal
Editor
Roberta Friedman
Producer
Leslie Clark
Writer
Martin Dornbaum
Writer
Anna Reid-Jhirad
Writer
Tammy Robinson
Consulting Producer
Daniel Loewenthal
Director
Barbara Berney
Producer