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EPISODE · Jun 24, 2026 · 8 MIN

Ever wonder why healthcare costs so much? Here's why

from WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Fewer than half of Americans say they can afford healthcare. Could you afford getting hit with a big medical bill? Why are costs so high? Zack Cooper, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics at Yale University and Director of the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale, joins us.

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