HOSPITAL: The Cost (bending the rules)
INT.
HOSPITAL BREAK ROOm – EVENING
Dr. Dolan
He's in pain. And it's only going
to get worse.
Dr. Rich
Don't you think I know that?
Dr. Dolan
There must be something we can
do.
Dr. Rich
With what money? He doesn't have
insurance.
Dr. Dolan
What if it were life-threatening?
Dr. Rich
But it isn't.
Dr. Dolan
In his case, it might be.
Dr. Rich
What do you mean?
Dr. Dolan
I think he's at the end of his
rope.
Dr. Rich
Don't do this to me.
Dr. Dolan
You're seen him. You've seen how
desperate he is.
Dr. Rich
Yes.
Dr. Dolan
What if he gives up? What if he -
Dr. Rich
Stop.
Dr. Dolan
You know I'm right.
Dr. Rich
And you know what I'm up against.
The hole this hospital's in.
Dr. Dolan
Yes. Yes, I do.
Dr. Rich
I should have been a banker.
Dr. Dolan
What? Why?
Dr. Rich
Because I became a doctor to save
lives. But more and more in trying to do that, what matters isn't
medicine. It's money.
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