14 DAY TRIAL // iPhone users in the United States who would like to educate themselves in the U.S. health care industry ca do so in a fun and attractive way from now on, through a new game from People Operating Technology, namely Death Panel. The new title is available for free for those using either an Apple iPhone or an iPod Touch, the company says.
Moreover, People Operating Technology also notes that the new Death Panel game has been developed so as to be fully non-political and non-partisan, not to mention the fact that it includes third-party facts into the game play, courtesy of a quiz-like interface. “Death Panel is the first and only iPhone game that incorporates fun and interactive game play backed by third-party government-documented data,” is how the company describes the new title.
The game also encourages users to share their scores online through Facebook or Twitter, in an attempt to “driving awareness and comprehension to the most important social and economic issue today.” According to Jason Petralia, co-founder of People Operating Technology, “Mobile technology provides a fascinating medium though which businesses and other organizations can gain mindshare. We made Death Panel to shed some light on a hot topic in a compelling way.”
The info included in the game comes from WhiteHouse.gov, StateHealthFacts.org, the NCHC.org, and FactCheck.org, the company notes. Beside a list of hundreds of questions about health care reform, the new Death Panel game for the iPhone also comes around with: Original audio soundtrack Unique artwork & graphics Facebook & Twitter sharing capabilities
US Census shows that the total number of uninsured people in the country rose from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008. Moreover, 7.3 million of them were children under 18, yet the uninsured rate seems to be the lowest since 1987. What Death Panel for the iPhone tries to do is to educate people on these facts, and requires for the user to stand on a virtual platform and to answer correctly to questions about health care “from an anxious public.” The game can be downloaded for free from the App Store.