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The End Of Insurance? Andrew Coates On Fixing Our Broken Healthcare System

Original article on TheSunMagazine.org

By Tracy Frisch

Freelance journalist Tracy Frisch interviews ex-PNHP President Andrew Coates. He discusses how to fix our broken healthcare system.

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