[rabidralph]

Yes, it was a nice commercial. But the idiots who vote will think that hospitals should give all of their services for free. Just how is that doctor going to pay for that procedure he erased from that man’s bill? Unless the doc had the money to pay for it and did so.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Well, it's reportedly a true story. The framed pictures in the last seconds of the video show the real doctor. I'd guess he negotiated with all the other parties (the anesthesiologist, the other doctors, the X-ray technicians, the hospital billing dept) and got it all cleared away.

Tax write-off. Publicity gesture. Explain it any way you want. But isn't it wonderful that this shared recognition of what "humanity" is, stretches across all of humanity?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

well, lets not just enjoy this beautiful video, now shall we?

There are many doctors who do pro bono work all over the world.