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Jim Hightower article "Three special-interest groups: Insurance company profiteers, Big Pharma price gougers – and the political insiders who’re hooked on funding from those corporations."
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Ed Yong is a wise person concerning the virus. He wrote the neat book, I Contain Multitudes. He has a new article in the Atlantic. We need fast tests, contact tracing, a good health care system, and paid sick leave....
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Health insurance company CEOs (united health care, anthem, aetna, humana, Cigna, centene, healthnet) make out like bandits.- they get paid up to $36 million per year. They refuse to pay for medical treatments and drugs, lay off workers, cut costs, boost...
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article This refinery leaks PFAS next to lower income homes in Denver. many people are getting cancer in the neighborhood. The oil refinery also leaks benzene.
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article Medical records are oriented towards billing, not to diagnosing the problems. Financial incentives are given when more tests, shots, etc are giver. For example, 100x more can be charged to patient if a Cat scan is prescribed. So some hospitals...
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Here is comprehensive Ed Yong article on the Corona virus. He says that we need to emphasize disease prevention and science; to have leadership from the top on wearing masks, testing, gloves, aprons, contact tracing, quarantining- not self-centered blaming, distraction , and...
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https://www.bluezones.com/2020/06/covid-19-straight-answers-from-top-epidemiologist-who-predicted-the-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3fwzCO_TMSat35dP8nc1zHSGd2rYYaUi2OPtBHeY_FOsVxzEKUWjBZM8o Michael Osterholm, leader of MN public health and of CDC, explains the details of what we face.
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Insurance cos. are increasing the fees to patients, decreasing the payment to doctors, and kicking out doctors from being in-network. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/29/rep-katie-porter-accuses-unitedhealth-putting-profits-patients-and-providers-midst
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https://www.ecowatch.com/corporations-pollution-fines-coronavirus-2646106896.html
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A coalition of insurance companies, doctors' and hospitals' industry groups, and pharmaceutical giants are lying and putting out lots of fake "facts" ads, and pr to stop the growing clamor for Medicare for All. Bernie Sanders Retweeted Partnership for America's...