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Healers and Patients in North Carolina

Stories to Save Lives Projects by ENGL071H Students

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Author Archives: Auva Vaziri

For Patients or For Profits? The Price of the Commercialization of the Healthcare Industry

April 24, 2025

Introduction In 2023, the United States spent a staggering $4.9 trillion on healthcare, which accounts for 17.6% of the nation’s GDP.1This extreme amount of expenditure – which is only projected to increase in future years – is primarily caused by … Read more

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