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Americans are now being forced to beg for life-saving insulin, another symptom of for-profit healthcare.
“We’ve lost cars and homes and have had to choose whether we buy food, but it doesn’t matter if we have to go without food so our son can live” - M.H.
sltrib.com/news/2019/10/2…
“We’ve lost cars and homes and have had to choose whether we buy food, but it doesn’t matter if we have to go without food so our son can live” - M.H.
sltrib.com/news/2019/10/2…
"Dignity Health said its employee, an ER nurse, failed to meet the deadline to add her premature newborn to its health plan, so she was responsible for the medical bills: $898,984"
For-profit healthcare is cruel, and you'll never convince me otherwise...
propublica.org/article/how-on…
For-profit healthcare is cruel, and you'll never convince me otherwise...
propublica.org/article/how-on…
"According to a 2019 study, about 530,000 bankruptcies filed annually are because of debt accrued due to a medical illness. The study found that even the Affordable Care Act has failed to change the proportion of bankruptcies caused by medical debts"
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/n…
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/n…
