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# Our Healthcare System is Sick
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/crosscut-festival/episode/our-healthcare-system-is-sick-ai974g/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:51:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T12:15:16.000Z
- Description: The Covid-19 pandemic Is breaking the U.S. healthcare system.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Crosscut Festival, Season 2, Episode 15, #ZZZ_Episode_903f4f57-e4bf-4b21-b70a-b52569e9cfc9, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b6699ade-a36f-4797-a26c-a624cf4599ef, #v1.16

The Covid-19 pandemic Is breaking the U.S. healthcare system – but that’s only a symptom of the underlying disease.