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Doctor, Former Insurance Exec, and Think-Tank Rep Debate the Future of U.S. Health Care

By Patrick Ishmael Filed December 6, 2018 Source St. Louis Public Radio (St. Louis on the Air)
Summary — not the full piece
A three-way debate on St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis on the Air, pairing Ishmael with former health-insurance executive-turned-reform-advocate Wendell Potter and a physician. Ishmael argued that everyday health coverage functions more like a maintenance plan than true insurance against catastrophic risk, and that framing should shift toward insuring the big, unpredictable events; Potter countered that most Americans lack the savings to make that model workable given typical deductibles.
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