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A Lifetime of Medical Debt

Illustration of money pouring out of a faucet. Representation of increasing expenses and medical debt.

Fact checked by Derick Wilder If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that healthcare costs too much, and something must be done about it. Okay, not all of us. Insurance companies would disagree, despite what their marketing campaigns tell us.  Out-of-pocket healthcare spending per person reached $1,514 in 2023, according to health […]

In the Time of Transplant

Technological developments are changing how we save lives and snub death Fact checked by Jim Lacy By all accounts, Gary Gibbon should be dead. The 67-year-old had been living a full and healthy life in Santa Monica, as a pulmonologist, allergist, and immunologist who enjoyed walking along the beach. But in March 2023, he began […]