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What if hospitals and health insurance companies like UnitedHealth Group, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and others were actually honest about how horrifically terrible they are? Roger Horton investigates.

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https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-our-healthcare-system-broken-202107132542
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/advancing-maternal-justice-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic-2020100821100
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https://time.com/5785945/health-care-problems-america/

https://www.vox.com/2014/9/2/6089693/health-care-facts-whats-wrong-american-insurance
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How did we end up with health insurance being tied to our jobs?

https://familydoctor.org/health-insurance-understanding-covers
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2018/03/14/insurance-direct-primany-care/32946709/
https://careerdesignlab.sps.columbia.edu/blog/2022/02/22/is-our-healthcare-system-broken/

Analysis: Half of Emergency Ambulance Rides Lead to Out-of-Network Bills for Privately Insured Patients

Can Hospitals Use an Out-of-Network Anesthesiologist or Physician?

CAST:
Roger Horton: Jack Hunter
Insurance Goblin: Darnell Eaton
Artist: Anna Huntley
Writer: Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Director: Jordan Breeding
Director of Photography: Dave Brown
Editor: Jordan Breeding
Sound: Billy Bacci
Production Assistant: Ruda Yi
Gaffer: Jake Pulliam

Shot at Bridge Studio in Richmond, Virginia

Cezary’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ostrichson
Jordan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_J_Breeding
Jordan’s Website: https://www.drjordanbreeding.com/
Dave’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deforestbrown/
Anna Huntley: IG – @anotherhuntley / TikTok – @itsannahuntley

00:00 – If Healthcare Was Honest
00:39 – The Insurance Goblin!
04:32 – My Ear!

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