Topic: Hospital Closures

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Episode 1081 2:49:17 - 2:51:51

1081: BLEXIT

Dutch Healthcare Crisis and Hospital Closures

Two major hospitals in the Netherlands were closed overnight, leaving 90,000 patients and 5,000 medical professionals displaced. The closures are blamed on a lack of support from insurance companies and banks, despite the country's socialized medicine system which mirrors the Obamacare model. The crisis has sparked outrage among Dutch citizens who are mandated to pay high premiums for a system that is now failing to provide basic services.