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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 1H 17M

S2E22: The Original Sin of American Healthcare

from CivilDiscourse101 · host CivilDiscoursePurpleState

It wasn't designed. It wasn't debated. It was a wartime accident that got written into the tax code and never came out. Joe takes us back to 1847 to trace exactly how American health insurance became the most expensive system on earth — from the AMA killing universal coverage before most of us were born, to the WWII wage freeze that handed employers permanent control over your access to care. Spoiler: we're already taxing ourselves enough to cover what Germany pays for universal healthcare. We're just also paying another seven thousand dollars out of pocket on top of it. So sit back, relax, and get ready to have a civil conversation.

It wasn't designed. It wasn't debated. It was a wartime accident that got written into the tax code and never came out. Joe takes us back to 1847 to trace exactly how American health insurance became the most expensive system on earth — from the AMA killing universal coverage before most of us were born, to the WWII wage freeze that handed employers permanent control over your access to care. Spoiler: we're already taxing ourselves enough to cover what Germany pays for universal healthcare. We're just also paying another seven thousand dollars out of pocket on top of it. So sit back, relax, and get ready to have a civil conversation.

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