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18. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Do You Think Universal Health Insurance in the United States Stand Any Kind of Real Chance?

Universal health insurance coverage in the United States is not as impossible as the standard cocktail party narrative would have you imagine. Part of the reason is that it also wasn't inevitable in all the other countries that currently have it. The point of our book is not to say how to get there, but let's give you the North Star, and then figure out how we accomplish it.

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