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But first, reopening America's healthcare system.

So, okay, I get that title might be a little bit confusing,

given that we have spent the past two months talking about hospitals being at surge capacity

and parking lots becoming makeshift testing facilities.

But overall, American healthcare service rates have fallen through the floor,

or maybe even

through the foundation.

Remember, lots of hospitals stopped all elective procedures in order to preserve bed space

for COVID-19 patients, which led to massive drops in things like joint replacement surgeries.

And lots of other medical facilities, like clinics and specialty practices, have either

closed or severely limited their

offerings, including in such areas as pediatrics, ophthalmology, and dermatology. And none of that even

includes all the paused clinical trials for non-COVID drugs, many of which require regular

patient visits and monitoring. Why it matters for patients, of course, is that they haven't gotten

treatment, which could lead to increased troubles and costs down the road. Why it matters for patients, of course, is that they haven't gotten treatment, which

could lead to increased troubles and costs down the road.

Why it matters for health care as a whole is that elective procedures are what greases

its wheels, which is why we have had this bizarre dichotomy of overworked frontline workers

on one hand and scores of laid off health care workers on the other.

More specifically, the most recent

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