In 1860 Cincinnati had 160,000 residents crowded into 2 Square miles of its Urban Basin.
It was more densely populated at the time than Tokyo and New York City.
The average US family health insurance premium has increased from $6,000 in 1999 to nearly $27,000 in 2025. That’s a 365% increase, more than triple overall inflation. The biggest beneficiaries of this massive increase in costs: health insurance companies.