Why Does the American Medical Association Have Such a Feeble Response to Our Health Care Crisis?
Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram takes the position that healthcare is a basic right and that Medicare-for-All is a way to ensure that all Americans will be covered, even though the AMA is siding with the insurance industry. Profit before patients is not what most doctors or patients support. Common Dreams, April 12, 2019
A Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices at a Great Cost of Time and Energy
As head of Montana’s Employee Benefit Plan, Marilyn Bartlett negotiated uniform hospital and pharmaceutical rates, saving system from bankruptcy. What Bartlett achieved in Montana over a two-year period can be accomplished with relative ease nationally under a Medicare-for-All national health insurance model. By Marsha Allen, NPR October 2, 2018. Photo by Mike Albans for NPR.
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Drug companies using tax windfall to benefit shareholders, not patients
If only the shareholders from drug companies are getting the benefit of tax savings and not the general public, then how do families pay for their medications? What are your thoughts? Please add your comments below.
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