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What’s wrong with American health care, in one perfect meme

by Sarah Kliff

Chris Ingraham at the Washington Post nails it:

Related 15 charts that show American is getting gouged on health care priceThis drug costs $84,000 — and there's nothing we can do to stop it

WATCH: The dysfunction of the American health care system

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