{"id":6314,"date":"2026-10-23T11:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/healthcare-should-be-a-birthright-not-a-business\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:25:27","slug":"healthcare-should-be-a-birthright-not-a-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/healthcare-should-be-a-birthright-not-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Should Be a Birthright, Not a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

America spends trillions on healthcare while families struggle with medical bills, insurance premiums and long-term care. It\u2019s time to question whether the system serves patients or the financial interests built around treating them. ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 23, 2026 (STL.News) The American healthcare system has become one of the world\u2019s largest financial enterprises. Hospitals generate enormous revenues. Pharmaceutical manufacturers operate as multinational corporations. Insurance companies manage billions of dollars in premiums, and healthcare organizations employ armies of administrators, consultants, and billing specialists. Yet millions of Americans struggle to afford medical treatment, health insurance, and long-term care. Something is<\/p>\n

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America spends trillions on healthcare while families struggle with medical bills, insurance premiums and long-term care. It\u2019s time to question whether the system serves patients or the financial interests built around treating them. ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 23, 2026… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6316,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions\/6316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}