“Barbaric” and Humiliating: Americans Are Waiting Days for a Hospital Bed | Amanpour and Company @AmanpourandCompany
“Barbaric” and Humiliating: Americans Are Waiting Days for a Hospital Bed | Amanpour and Company  @AmanpourandCompany
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
More than one-quarter of American hospital patients wait more than four hours for a bed. In a worst-case scenario, a patient could spend days in the hallway waiting for care. Author and former emergency room doctor Elisabeth Rosenthal describes the growing crisis in a new article for The Atlantic. She joins the show to discuss.

Originally aired on April 28, 2026

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