Jia Tolentino

And I'm getting billed $700 for taking a child with 105 degree fever to the ER, you know? Like, why is my bill before insurance discounted at $150,000 for, you know, an entirely normal labor and delivery, right?

And I'm getting billed $700 for taking a child with 105 degree fever to the ER, you know? Like, why is my bill before insurance discounted at $150,000 for, you know, an entirely normal labor and delivery, right?

And I'm getting billed $700 for taking a child with 105 degree fever to the ER, you know? Like, why is my bill before insurance discounted at $150,000 for, you know, an entirely normal labor and delivery, right?

It is notorious, even within the sort of notoriously awful American healthcare system, it is is kind of known as the most rapacious, and it has gotten these profits, these record profits. It has grown to this size, not in spite of the fact that it denies so much care to so many people, but because of that fact.

It is notorious, even within the sort of notoriously awful American healthcare system, it is is kind of known as the most rapacious, and it has gotten these profits, these record profits. It has grown to this size, not in spite of the fact that it denies so much care to so many people, but because of that fact.

It is notorious, even within the sort of notoriously awful American healthcare system, it is is kind of known as the most rapacious, and it has gotten these profits, these record profits. It has grown to this size, not in spite of the fact that it denies so much care to so many people, but because of that fact.

So one of the things that I was writing about in this New Yorker piece is that when we think about violence and when we sort of decry violence, it's a very particular kind of violence. It's direct physical violence caused by a person with an intention to harm. But there are a lot of other ways that people's lives are taken prematurely.

So one of the things that I was writing about in this New Yorker piece is that when we think about violence and when we sort of decry violence, it's a very particular kind of violence. It's direct physical violence caused by a person with an intention to harm. But there are a lot of other ways that people's lives are taken prematurely.

So one of the things that I was writing about in this New Yorker piece is that when we think about violence and when we sort of decry violence, it's a very particular kind of violence. It's direct physical violence caused by a person with an intention to harm. But there are a lot of other ways that people's lives are taken prematurely.

There's a lot of ways that people's lives are taken away from them. And structural violence, you could also call that social injustice, but structural violence, like the denial of health care and denial of safe housing. It's like these are a lot of ways that people's lives are taken away from them.

There's a lot of ways that people's lives are taken away from them. And structural violence, you could also call that social injustice, but structural violence, like the denial of health care and denial of safe housing. It's like these are a lot of ways that people's lives are taken away from them.

There's a lot of ways that people's lives are taken away from them. And structural violence, you could also call that social injustice, but structural violence, like the denial of health care and denial of safe housing. It's like these are a lot of ways that people's lives are taken away from them.

I think those of us who are not subject to it on a daily basis still kind of understand the major things through which people's quality of life or life itself is given, like health, housing, school. the environment. All of these things are structured by deeply unjust systems that spare some people and treat almost everyone like very, very, very badly.

I think those of us who are not subject to it on a daily basis still kind of understand the major things through which people's quality of life or life itself is given, like health, housing, school. the environment. All of these things are structured by deeply unjust systems that spare some people and treat almost everyone like very, very, very badly.

I think those of us who are not subject to it on a daily basis still kind of understand the major things through which people's quality of life or life itself is given, like health, housing, school. the environment. All of these things are structured by deeply unjust systems that spare some people and treat almost everyone like very, very, very badly.

And yeah, and I do think people are talking about that more now.

And yeah, and I do think people are talking about that more now.

And yeah, and I do think people are talking about that more now.

And obviously it's clear which side I fall on, right? It's like, why wouldn't you look upstream? And you're right. It's like, even where people are like, The sort of heartlessness, right? What heartlessness are we appalled by? You know, and even in the case of the, you know, there's a strange parallel. Daniel Penny just got acquitted for strangling Jordan Neely on the subway, right?

And obviously it's clear which side I fall on, right? It's like, why wouldn't you look upstream? And you're right. It's like, even where people are like, The sort of heartlessness, right? What heartlessness are we appalled by? You know, and even in the case of the, you know, there's a strange parallel. Daniel Penny just got acquitted for strangling Jordan Neely on the subway, right?