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-Nearly every time someone complains online about a crazy medical bill, it goes viral. We’ve all been there. Invariably, people in the comments say the same thing:

This is what happens when you leave healthcare to the free market.

It’s a tidy tale. The villain is greed, the cure is government, and the case for single-payer is closed.

There’s just one problem:

A free market in American healthcare doesn’t exist. It never has.

You can’t blame a villain that doesn’t exist. So let’s follow the money and find out what’s really going on.

Follow the Money

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