In the shadow of the casinos: Health care crisis in Atlantic City

As casino companies and government officials continue to claim that putting predatory gambling institutions in the heart of our city will benefit us (and a month after Temple University Health Systems shut down one of the last remaining hospitals in the city that accepted all Medicaid plans), check out these stories of health care crisis from the people of Atlantic City. The first casino in Atlantic City opened in 1978, with the promise of revitalizing the city's economy. But as I watched these interviews in "Health Care Crisis U.S.A."--some of them shot literally in the shadow of the Taj Mahal casino--I wondered: revitalized for who?

Luckily, just as we have organizations and networks in Philly fighting for health care and other human rights (and against casinos and other forms of exploitation), Atlantic City has Poor Voices United, "working to end poverty by uniting poor people through stories, service, advocacy and action." Stay tuned for more news from this powerful group!

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