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Heartwarming! America Doesn't Care If You Live or Die!

May 03, 20231 hr 40 min
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Episode description

The girlies tackle the long history and contemporary policy that makes up the American healthcare system. They explain why millions go bankrupt from medical debt, detail the modern process of thotting out your traumas for GoFundMe pennies, and unpack why it doesn’t have to be this way. Digressions include a listener’s glowing testimony for Glossier foundation and how losing your right hand is nepotism, actually. Support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/binchtopia.


Binchtopia has donated $5,000 towards relieving medical debt though RIP Medical Debt. Check out their organization and make your own donation here!


SOURCES:

The History of Healthcare Quality: The First 100 Years 1860–1960 

Ironies of Success: A New History of the American Health Care "System"

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: How Corporate Power Shaped the Affordable Care Act

The History and Future of Neoliberal Health Reform

History of Health Insurance in the United States

From Widow to “Welfare Queen”: Welfare and the Politics of Race

What Changes Have Been Made to the ACA Under the Trump Administration?

Health Plans No Longer Have to Cover All Preventive Care at No Cost. Here’s What to Know.

GoFundMe as Health Insurance: Why So Many Americans Turn to Crowdfunding for Medical Care

Americans’ Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Known, Totaling $140 Billion


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