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“Sick” - Jonathan Cohn’s Book on the Healthcare Crisis

Nearly 43 million Americans are without health insurance and the number is rising, as the average cost of a family’s healthcare insurance is about $12,000. America pays 16% of its national income for healthcare, more than any other country, yet its position on the health chart among developed countries is astonishingly low. The WHO lists USA below even Costa Rica, Morocco, and Chile! Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor of the Republic, traveled across the USA to interview families denied access to healthcare because of the looming cost-spiraled-out-of-proportion crisis faced by America’s healthcare system. The problems are largely due to a convoluted system that Americans use to pay for their healthcare costs. Read more →