USA Today As teacher strikes flared this spring in more than half a dozen states, from West Virginia to Arizona, …
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Healthcare Costs Are Responsible for Low Teacher Salaries
All over the country, teachers have been protesting due to inadequate pay. And all over the country, candidates for office—those …
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Healthcare Reform – Quotes from HHS Secretary Alex Azar
In early May, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, was delivering a speech to the Federation of American …
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Healthcare Spending is Rising Twice as Fast as You Think
Healthcare prices in the U. S. are growing twice as fast as you think. To understand this phenomenon, which should …
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Weapons of Mass Corruption (WMCs) Part VI: Unbundling
Note: If you are new to Broken Healthcare or just want to catch up, we’ve put together this page with …
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The Link Between Healthcare and Education
Would you donate to the Broken Healthcare Action Fund to if it meant better and safer U.S. schools? For many …
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Tri-Partisan Support (Libertarian Party Endorses Healthcare Price Transparency)
Is Tri-Partisan a word? Probably not, but it doesn’t matter. Because all I really want to say is that Colorado’s …
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Weapons of Mass Corruption (WMCs) Part V: “Out-of-Pocket” Costs
I know what you’re thinking: How can knowing your out-of-pocket healthcare costs be used as Weapon of Mass Corruption? Read …
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Making Medical Bills Transparent
When you go to the hospital for a scheduled procedure, you ought to be able to find out the price in …
Weapons of Mass Corruption (WMCs) Part IV: Legal Protections for Bad Behaviors
As is often the case, we somehow become our own worst enemies. While there are many unethical and immoral things …
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