How fragile is the US healthcare system?

The cost of getting health insurance is going to go up significantly for millions of Americans.

One of the main issues that caused the US government to shut down for 43 days last year, the longest shutdown in history was a dispute over government subsidies for healthcare.

Republicans and Democrats continued to disagree on extending the subsidies even after the shutdown ended.

The health costs for 24 million people dramatically increased as the clock ticked in on January 1 at midnight.

What kind of impact does that have on the less fortunate? And how much political activism is involved?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Lindsay Allen, a researcher and health economist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, is working on the policy research.

Neel Shah, the physician and chief medical officer of Maven Clinic