@cd602371 
Often in US health care, the burden is purposeful. 

I read an article this week that quoted a physician describing the burdens of her practice in caring for 5,000+ patients. 

She said she spends $350k annually on staff dedicated to fight private insurance denials. 

She said almost every claim gets denied at first, by default, because the insurance company says it did not receive the paperwork. The *denials team* routinely fights multiple subsequent roadblocks per case in order to ensure care for patients. 

$350k annually wasted on bullshit "administrative burdens." 

The private insurance industry has our elected representatives under their thumb. It is a national disgrace. 

#Healthcare #USPol #USPolitics #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SinglePayerNow #GetProfitOutOfHealthcare 

 @cd602371 Ancilary to your comment, but interesting to me from your article!

> Indeed, the general gap between rich and poor when it comes to voting is a registration gap, not a voting gap: both poor and rich people who are registered vote at the same level (Herd and Moynihan 2018).