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18. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Healthcare and Health Insurance Markets

Amy Finkelstein is the only person who can really do it, she says. The fundamental problem in US healthcare is that we always step in when people are sufficiently ill and sufficiently destitute,. We've enacted a series of patchwork policies with disease-specific insurance or special coverage if you have end-stage renal disease. "The solution is to recognize what we're always going to do and do it sensibly"

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