The Cost of Shadow Work
The entire US healthcare system causes an absolute <i>shitload</i> of shadow work, largely for sick people and their families. It&#x27;s disgusting.<p>On top of that, there&#x27;s a bunch of, IDK, &quot;shadowy&quot; work, where non-healthcare orgs have to spend money to deal with, especially, health insurance. Lots of HR work, extra work for various government employees, all that crap.<p>What&#x27;s crazy is that our system&#x27;s already wildly more expensive than those of our peers, <i>without even accounting for all of that</i>. The whole thing&#x27;s a huge drag on both human and economic wellbeing in our country.