For years, New York has been one of the leading centers of healthcare in the United States and the world. With world renown medical schools and medical centers, patients from around the world have flocked there for care. In a matter of weeks, your life can be changed. No one knows that more than Miriam Blankstein. After discovering a lump on her left breast, Miriam, the young wife of a successful investment banker, enters the healthcare system like thousands of women each year. Referred by her private physician to Bridge Point University Hospital, she soon learns that all medical centers aren't the same. Her life quickly becomes more complicated when her husband is rushed to the Emergency Room. From the patient's perspective, Miriam learns how the decisions of Administration and the pressures of Finance have driven their care. She'll never be the same.