Georgia health executive asks: What are our individual roles in more affordable health care?

Georgia health executive asks: What are our individual roles in more affordable health care?

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Leon Lederman won a Nobel Prize in 1988 for his physics research, but in 2011, he began to suffer from memory loss. Four years later it was widely reported Lederman sold his Nobel Prize medal for $765,000 to pay for his ever-increasing medical bills. While earning a Nobel Prize is a feat very few achieve, his story illustrates that many are susceptible to the burden of insurmountable medical bills resulting from the high cost of care. According to the American Journal of Public Health, nearly 67%…

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