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American Healthcare is a Nightmare – Second Thought
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Citations:
Average birth in the US costs
https://www.businessinsider.com/costs-giving-birth-around-the-world-2018-7
$5T/y on healthcare
500k/y declare bankruptcy or sell home to cover medical debt
https://berniesanders.com/medical-bankruptcy/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurkellermann/2023/10/24/the-us-spends-more-on-healthcare-than-other-wealthy-nations-but-ranks-last-in-outcomes/
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1079&context=mlr
https://www.debt.org/bankruptcy/medical/ https://www.pnhp.org/docs/AJPHBankruptcy2019.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6366487/
1/3 if GoFundMe campaigns are for medical bills
https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-medical-bills-one-third-ceo/
Insurance horror stories
https://x.com/DoctorFishbones/status/1865003696611860973
https://x.com/bsfarrington/status/1870141284939120751
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Denial rates by insurer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/16/deny-delay-health-insurance-anger/
1.5 seconds spent on denial
https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-pxdx-medical-health-insurance-rejection-claims
Profits growth for health insurance companies and salaries
https://healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/big-insurance-2023-revenues-reached
Campaign contributions
https://x.com/PushBidenLeft/status/1864425618936377644
26k/y preventable deaths
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2323087/
The insurance industry’s history (p.45-48, 15-18)
https://books.google.com/books?id=aDwUzIaNGq8C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
McKinsey’s involvement
https://inthesetimes.com/article/mckinsey-insurance-scandal-before-buttigieg-joined
The ACA
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/health-insurance-profits-unitedhealthcare-aca
Medicare for All
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8572548/
https://berniesanders.com/es/issues/how-does-bernie-pay-his-major-plans/
Correcting single payer misinformation
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