Capitalists seek to squeeze profit out of everything and everyone they can, and those with cancer

are no exception.

Among the cruelest forms of exploitation can be found in the healthcare industry directed

at cancer patients who are being financially ruined after they become sick.

We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have

sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. We are very excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us again for our regular weekly segment,

where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state of the working class,

and the crimes of big business.

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

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Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work.

He's the author of many books, the latest being The Sickness is the System,

when capitalism fails to save us from pandemics or itself.

Be sure to check out all of his work at rd-wulf. That's r dw o lff.com. Professor Wolfe, welcome back. Thank you very much,

Brian. Glad to be here. Richard, I wanted to talk about this issue of medical

bankruptcy, which impacts so many Americans, working class people,

including people who may have thought of themselves as middle class until the time they get

sick and then become bankrupted. I mean, a terrible indicator of what's wrong with U.S.

capitalism. But there was a story that caught my eye.

It was in the Wall Street Journal. Headline, Cancer is capsizing Americans' finances.

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