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For-Profit Health Insurance: Slow Death by 200 Billion Paper Cuts in the U.S.

Jeffrey Goodman
8 min readSep 15, 2023

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Q&A tour-de-force by U.S. Rep. Katie Porter on the topic of U.S. for-profit health insurance companies and what our health insurance dollars REALLY get spent on.

Screenshot created by author from “Rep. Katie Porter Slams Private Insurance Companies” YouTube video from 2022–03–30.

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U.S. Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) has become well-known for her informed and blunt — but fair — Q&A sessions with CEOs and expert witnesses on topics that matter greatly to working Americans.

Health insurance, pharmaceutical products, affordable housing, living wages, etc.

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Jeffrey Goodman
Jeffrey Goodman

Written by Jeffrey Goodman

Navigating facts and numbers to help people. Strong opinions on climate change and healthcare. Objective, not neutral. MIT engineer, Wharton MBA.

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