Healthcare in America Series II – Kicker: Why We Struggle to Talk About the Unavoidable

Michael and Sarah Walker

Healthcare in America Series II - Kicker: Why We Struggle to Talk About the Unavoidable

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Most conversations about healthcare skip this moment. We jump to policy, budgets, and blame. We treat crises as exceptions rather than as signals. But the truth is that someone always absorbs the weight when care can’t wait. Patients, families, frontline providers, and entire communities share the burden — quietly, unevenly, and often invisibly.

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