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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

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After her death in 2013, the Southwark Coroner’s Court found that air pollution “made a material contribution” to her death, “a landmark decision” according to a government advisor on air pollution. During the three years prior to her death, she was admitted to the hospital 30 times.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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The paper that asserts “no” to the question comes from Michael Gusmano, Karen Maschke, and Mildred Solomon, all associated with the Hastings Center which does research into bioethics. This concept can be potentially harmful, they believe, assuming that health care is a traditional market.

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