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Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs (fair.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/28083015

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This and similar claims are repeated quite often. But it seems a bit misleading:
Restricting people's urgent medical care for months on end does end in early death, or severe health consequences.

How severe this issue is, I don't know. But this is a point I've heard quite frequently now.

When this inefficient system doesn’t literally kill Americans, it can still kill them financially. “Almost a third of all working adults in the United States are carrying some kind of medical debt.