Does Our Healthcare System Perpetuate an Epidemic?

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• September 28th, 2020
• epidemic, fall 2020 issue, health insurance, healthcare, income inequality, social welfare spending, suicide
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Suicide has been rightly classified as an epidemic, as evidenced by a precipitous increase in its incidence in recent decades. Between 1999 and 2018, the rate of completed suicides has risen by 35% in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). Some authors suggest suicide...