In 2005, when Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee announced he would reform his state’s Medicaid program, people took him at his word. Little did they know that Bredesen’s idea of reform meant cutting 170,000 people off the program almost overnight. The size and speed of the cuts were unprecedented; the suffering they caused was immeasurable. The sickest, neediest people were denied medical care while the nation sat by and watched, and the Governor boasted to other heads of states about his success reigning in the rising cost of health care.
This intense, moving film exposes the injustice that occurred in Tennessee and its implications for Medicaid cuts nationwide. In the richest nation in the world, where people die every day because they lack access to health care, the disparities revealed in this film are chilling.
Co-Sponsors
Arlington Department of Human Services
Arlington, VA 22201
www.arlingtonva.us
Civil Rights Memorial Center
Montgomery, AL
www.civilrightsmemorialcenter.org
Families USA
Washington, DC
www.familiesusa.org
Health Care for All
Boston, MA
www.hcfama.org
Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition
Chicago, IL
www.ilmaternal.org
Kansas Health Consumer Coalition
Topeka, KS 66603
www.kshealthconsumer.org
Lutheran Family and Children’s Services
St. Louis, MO
www.lfcsmo.org
Nashville TN Conference on Social Welfare
Nashville, TN 37203
www.tcsw.org
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
Providence, RI
www.nhpri.org
San Juan Basin Health Department
Durango, CO
www.sjbhd.org
Seekers Church
Eyes to See, Ears to Hear Peace Prayer Group
Washington, DC
www.seekerschurch.org
So Others Might Eat (SOME)
Washington, DC 20001
www.some.org
St. Francis Cabrini Clinic of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Detroit, MI
www.cabriniclinic.org
Tennessee Health Care Campaign
Nashville, TN
www.tenncare.org
Tennessee Justice Center
Nashville, TN
www.tnjustice.org
The Children’s Trust
Miami, FL
www.thechildrenstrust.org
There have been over 100 public screenings of Collateral Damage. Purchase the film and download the Screening Toolkit to host a screening in your own community.
Past Screenings Short List
Families USA
Capitol Hill
Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Health Action 2007
Washington, DC
Civil Rights Memorial Center
Montgomery, AL
American Medical Students Association
Arlington, VA