Liberty_City_panorama

EXT. LIBERTY CITY SKYLINE – DAY

Birds float lazily on the breeze. A passenger plane takes off from Liberty City International. The Happiness Island statue stands in the background.

NARRATOR (VO)
Liberty City is not Washington, DC. While
the politicians on Capitol Hill discuss the
merits and faults of government-run health
care, public options, insurance companies,
special interests, and death panels, it’s
easy to forget that there are real people –
real polygons and shading algorithms –
who are struggling with health care
issues every day. Here in Liberty City,
U.S.A., millions of these people are trying
to achieve their American Dreams and
make their own decisions on the health
care crisis.

A military helicopter spins through frame on fire, launching missiles at the city.

EXT. LIBERTY CITY HOSPITAL – DAY

A PATIENT in a wheelchair speaks to the camera. His NURSE stands behind him.

PATIENT
I don’t know how it is anywhere else, but
I can’t afford my treatment here. My
insurance company is no help. And even
though I see glowing money floating on
the sidewalk on an almost daily basis, it
barely even makes a dent. Treatment
here isn’t cheap, either.

NURSE
We would love to provide less expensive
health services, but we’re stretched
incredibly thin. Violent crime and personal
injury are at an all-time high in Liberty City.
There aren’t enough health care providers
to provide adequate help for everybody.

An out-of-control Infernus plows through the man in the wheelchair.

NURSE
OH MY G–

The pursuing police cars knock her out of frame.

EXT. LIBERTY CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT – DAY

A POLICE OFFICER leans on the hood of his cruiser.

POLICE OFFICER
Benefits? We don’t get benefits. See, the
insurance companies, they know that paying
for health care for the LCPD would bleed them
dry. Nearly a hundred police officers get shot
every day in Liberty City. And you’d think
this would get the department to provide
better armor, or change tactics, but you’d
be dead wrong — no pun intended. The
academy is pumping out more officers every
day, and LCPD just throws them at every
hit-and-run from Alderney to Bohan. We
aren’t stopping crime, we’re just getting
hurt.

He points at someone off frame.

POLICE OFFICER
HEY! YEAH, YOU! YOU STEALING THAT
CAR?

He pulls out his gun and begins firing.

EXT. BOHAN STREET – DAY

NICO BELLIC speaks to camera.

NICO
I love health care in America. I’ve been
shot, blown up, hit by cars, run over
by trains, knocked off of buildings,
launched by grenades, and I’m always
out of the hospital a few hours later.
It never costs more than 10% of the
cash from my pocket. Health care
in America is perfect for a guy like
me.

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