Damaged Care (2002)
Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of his custody battle with the proceeds of his current wife Linda's new job, as medical officer in a greedy medical insurance company. Confronted with the medically unacceptable consequences of denied treatments, she rebels and finds even payments she approved were nevertheless withheld.
- Date of release
- 2002-05-26
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Harry Winer
Casting
- Laura Dern — Linda Peeno
- James Le Gros — Doug Peeno
- Regina King — Cheryl Griffith
- Suki Kaiser — Dawn Dubose
- David James Lewis — Dr. Avery Principle
- Jewel Staite — Bryanna
- Jessica Lucas — Tasha Peeno
- Hiro Kanagawa — Dr. Kitano
Interesting facts
Damaged Care is an American television film which aired on May 26, 2002, on Showtime. The film is based on the story of the real-life Linda Peeno, a physician and medical reviewer for managed care organizations who becomes a vocal critic of the American healthcare system after witnessing the prioritization of profit over patient care.
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