After learning his mother is dying due to lack of healthcare coverage and money, a promising med student abruptly quits school to compete in a dangerous TV show offering $1 million to the lone survivor who is still alive at the end of the game.

I like the implied conflict between the med student's future career as a doctor juxtaposed to his lack of faith in the very healthcare system that would sustain him. As others have said, logline is a bit wordy, but that's an easy fix. Interesting and timely concept!

He is billed as a promising med student who can't help his own mother medically, but rather playing in a game of death instead? I guess his med skills aren't too good.

I'm also for more concise, the example above, plus the risk of death? Are there some meaty adjective about the med student? ????