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Essays on healthcare accessibility

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May 12, 2021ACX

Welcome To The Terrible World Of Prescription-Only Apps

Scott Alexander criticizes the emergence of expensive, prescription-only therapy apps, using Somryst (a CBT-i app) as an example, and warns about the normalization of this trend.

17 min read 2,630 words

Apr 24, 2020SSC

Employer Provided Health Insurance Delenda Est

Scott Alexander presents numerous examples of how the U.S. employer-provided health insurance system fails even insured, well-off individuals, arguing that almost any alternative system would be better.

9 min read 1,387 words

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