american-hypochondriac

id: title: The Worst Patients in the World slug: american-hypochondriac date: 2019-07-06 6:20:00 AM format: Narrative url: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/american-health-care-spending/590623/ duration:

The biggest problem with the American health care system might be, well, Americans. We are terrible at safeguarding our own health and terrible at interacting with health care providers.