• Health Insurance in America

  • Feb 27 2025
  • Length: 53 mins
  • Podcast

Health Insurance in America

  • Summary

  • Millions of Americans depend on their jobs for health insurance. But that's not the case in many other wealthy countries. How did the U.S. end up with a system that's so expensive, yet leaves so many people vulnerable? On this episode, how a temporary solution created an everlasting problem. This episode originally ran in 2020 as The Everlasting Problem.

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