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Summary Of Moral Hazard By Malcolm Gladwell
For someone who has the word “glad” in his name, Malcolm Gladwell did not manifest an inkling of gladness in his article. I felt more of a disgruntlement towards the U.S. healthcare crisis as a whole. General medical coverage, accessible in the greater part of the Western world, is not accessible in the U.S. on account of the wrongly named, "moral hazard".
Main Claim: Gladwell’s arguments are send the message that a trip to the doctor is not to do so at one’s liberty. Gladwell provides evidence of a bureaucratic cycle the myth of moral hazards creates in the United State’s failed health care system.
Sub-points: Moral hazard construed by the author is supported by stating that the behavior of those with insurance changes by biting off too much

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