“The healthcare system as a whole, knowing how much it will cost, can begin to put pressure and engage in climate discussion because [climate change] will end up driving costs. The hospitals have to be prepared, some hospitals may go out of business because there will be places where no one is left alive. Miami? Who’s going to live in Miami? The heat is rising, the water is rising … who’s going to move the [healthcare] personnel [to another less hot state]? Will North Dakota build bigger hospitals to take up the surge of people who are moving up there?

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