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(Rerelease) SOC109 – Illness & Morality: A Look at Medical Sociology

The Social Breakdown

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The Limits of Access to Health Care in Thailand

Penn Jillette: Thailand has universal health care, but America is listed as 31st country on life expectancy. He says he thinks that's because of how restricted our access to health care is in the U.S. "I think we also live in a society where if you're not working and you're not being productive, then there's a stigma to saying that you're sick or at least being mindful of your health"

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