Every high-income country but the US is doing it much better than we are, he says. Patients don't have to pay anything out of pocket for basic coverage in U.S., Obama writes. Health inequality across income distribution is as large in say Sweden as it is in the United States, he adds. "Our proposal is about a floor, not a ceiling"
Amy Finkelstein, Professor of Economics at MIT, discusses her book We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care.
Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.
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