A Twinkle at the End: Rewinding my life through America's healthcare maze

"A Twinkle at the End" is a story about my life, spanning seven decades, imagined as if I had lived it in reverse. Rather than being born as an elderly infant, this story follows my life as if I died old, am reborn, and then transfigured to age in reverse.

I've been thinking about aging and have recounted some of my experiences in the context of the American healthcare industrial complex paradox-that's a lot of Xs.

Public and private health care providers dedicate themselves to keeping people...