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Analyzing how hospitals are “Gouging the Poor”
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Analyzing how hospitals are "Gouging the Poor" This sparkling, light toned yet satirical essay written by Barbara Ehrenreich is both compelling and dynamic. With a cunning and sneering optimistic view, the essay, like a sponge, absorbs the attention of the audience from beginning to end. Blending with the ubiquitous ironies, humor gleams throughout the essay and thus creates a relaxing template. By using several pertinent literary and rhetorical effects, the author successfully mocks the trend of the commercialization of the current health care system and sympathetically speaks for the unfortunate souls of those without insurance. To establish the perfect atmosphere for the audience, right at the beginning the essay presents the problem that "There's been a lot of whining about health care recently: the shocking cost of insurance..." (par. 1) and "...Hospitals are increasingly resorting to brass knuckle tactics to collect overdue bills from indigent...
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