My Top 1% Friend Was Floored by the Cost of His Family’s Health Insurance

Jeffrey Goodman
8 min readAug 20, 2023

At the beginning of his phone call to me, my friend said, “Jeff, how can this be?? I can’t believe how much I’m paying for our health insurance now!”

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[Author’s Note: After initially publishing this article, I’ve added (1) a “Takeaways” section at the bottom of the article and (2) a partial transcript of the embedded video below where health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter described the first time he saw a “healthcare expedition” happening in the U.S. to provide healthcare for people who weren’t able to get care through health insurance. Wendell’s words are seared into my memory, and I wanted to especially share that piece here.]

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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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