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The machine moves forward
The medical industry has been pandering to the public regardless of who is in the White House. It eats away at the savings, wages, and taxes of patients and workers around the world. Prices for hospitalizations, surgeries, tests, equipment and drugs remain higher here than in other parts of the world.
This has been true for every president over the past 30 years: Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden, and there is no sign that it will change now that Trump is back. The fear of receiving a medical bill in the mail is as strong as ever.
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