If you haven't heard, health care in America costs more than just about any other industrialized nation. We also don't get what we pay for: a recent study from the Commonwealth Fund revealed that of 11 wealthy countries, the U.S. ranks last in terms of health care quality, access, efficiency and equity.

Want to know why? We broke it down with our friend, Josh Sundquist. 

As Josh says, a first step to correcting our budget priorities is registering to vote. You can do so at http://www.ourtime.org/vote/

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