The collusion/payoffs between private ambulances & private hospitals (i.e. Clinics); the level of ambulance transport care; the quality of ambulance equipment; the higher rates; the often longer distances to care (when other hospitals are closer) for seriously ill patients all should have been discussed or presented to the viewer. Just adds to knowing there is probably not a single institution in Mexico (and possibly most of Central America) that isn't corrupt.

A mesmerizing and important documentary on a family's struggle and the broken health care system that ensnares their lives. Complicated and narratively complex, this film has stayed with me. Beautifully photographed and edited, as well.

If you find yourself in Mexico City take out the best health insurance possible but first and foremost, don't get ill or sick or have an accident or hope to rely on the private ambulance service run by mercenaries that's occasionally supported by the corrupt police but quite often not - or you might not get home or be the person you were when you left.

Great example why free market economics and health care doesn't gel as nicely in reality as it does in the text books.