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Citations:
Average birth in the US costs
https://www.businessinsider.com/costs...
$5T/y on healthcare
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/c...

500k/y declare bankruptcy or sell home to cover medical debt
https://berniesanders.com/medical-ban...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurke...
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine...
https://www.debt.org/bankruptcy/medical/ https://www.pnhp.org/docs/AJPHBankrup...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

1/3 if GoFundMe campaigns are for medical bills
https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-med...

Insurance horror stories
https://x.com/DoctorFishbones/status/...
https://x.com/bsfarrington/status/187...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co...

Denial rates by insurer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...

1.5 seconds spent on denial
https://www.propublica.org/article/ci...

90% error rate of nH Predict
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldm...

Profits growth for health insurance companies and salaries
https://healthcareuncovered.substack....

Campaign contributions
https://x.com/PushBidenLeft/status/18...

26k/y preventable deaths
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

The insurance industry’s history (p.45-48, 15-18)
https://books.google.com/books?id=aDw...

McKinsey’s involvement
https://inthesetimes.com/article/mcki...

The ACA
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/health-in...

Medicare for All
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
https://berniesanders.com/es/issues/h...

Correcting single payer misinformation
https://www.americanprogress.org/arti...
https://www.americanprogress.org/arti...
https://www.americanprogress.org/arti...
https://www.americanprogress.org/arti...


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