Joe Sachs is a physician, executive producer of "The Pitt" and CEO of Undue Medical Debt.[content] The article is an opinion piece on the series "The Pitt," which deals with the healthcare debt crisis.[title][content] Sachs considers how the show enters the healthcare crisis.[content] "The Pitt" is a medical procedural series set at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital over a 15-hour period.[4] The plot centers on the staff of an overcrowded and underfunded emergency room who are constantly saving lives.[5]