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Why It Costs So Much to Get Sick

Published 4 months, 1 week ago
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Since the 1990s, healthcare has been at the heart of America’s political debate and it’s still being contested today. Why is our health system so complicated? And how can we fix it? To help demystify it, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Elisabeth Rosenthal, the doctor turned health journalist who wrote, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. She's currently senior contributing editor at KFF Health News.

This episode was produced by Sofía Sanchez and Leying Tang

Medical Writer: Andrea Kane

Showrunner: Amanda Sealy

Senior Producer: Dan Bloom

Technical Director: Dan Dzula

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