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The hidden costs of healthcare churn

Healthcare churn—when people switch insurance plans—is particularly bad in the US. In today's episode, why Americans switch healthcare plans so much, and how that can cost a lot in money ... and in health. Related episode: How doctors helped tank universal health care (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-doctors-helped-tank-universal-health-care/id1320118593?i=1000711739963">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3c5tz4CNydaJWKBIr3zGf4?si=gJ1TgBkPTPKR985ItHME-w">Spotify</a>) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/815128921/healthcare-and-economic-despair">Healthcare And Economic Despair</a> For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/">plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez">Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/">Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money">Newsletter</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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