John Green Rips Health Care a Few New Ones

By Warren Rojas

Posted September 18, 2013 at 1:31pm

John Green, author and co-creator of vlogbrothers, shares the bitter pill that is the current state of the American health care system:

(h/t <a href="https://www.upworthy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Upworthy</a>) His prognosis: “It is not a simple problem. There will not be a simple solution. … And it’s vital that we grapple with it meaningfully instead of just treating health care costs as political theater.” Still not sold? Green dissects how/why folks SHOULD get a bigger piece of the health care pie — but often don’t — in this slice-and-dice of capitalism: <iframe width="445" height="250" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/R7LF5Vj2n64?list=UUGaVdbSav8xWuFWTadK6loA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""/> “Career decisions should be about finding the place where your talents meet the worlds’ needs. Not about finding the place where you can get health insurance,” he warns. </body>