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Apr 15, 2020, 6 tweets

SPECIAL REPORT:Despite leaving nearly every other sector of the economy in ruins, the #COVID19 pandemic has been a windfall for the for-profit #healthcare industry, which is expecting to make dazzling profits off of the crisis.
By: @AlanRMacLeod
#GOT7
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United #healthcare the country’s largest insurer, controlling over 50,000 #Doctors will announce yearly profits of over $21 billion. Former healthcare industry director @wendellpotter, has accused the conglomerate of unethical practices.
#coronavirus
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"Patients are getting crushed financially because of UnitedHealth’s actions. And, some doctors may as well,” Potter says, concluding that, “As ER docs & other #Physicians risk their lives treating #COVID19 patients, @UnitedHealth is playing games to rake in profits.
#TrumpVirus

Filming has been suspended, movie theaters closed, #Disney ’s stores and hotels are shuttered. #Disneyland is gathering dust, the once teeming theme parks now eerily silent. The company has furloughed 43,000 staff.
#Covid_19 #coronavirus #BailoutHumans
#TrumpLiesPeopleDie

#Disney’s stock price is rallying; from $85.76 per share in March to over $106 today, #shareholders have seen the value of their holdings increase by 20 percent. The reason?
#BailoutHumans #BailOutPeopleNotCorporations
#Hollywood #Covid_19 #BigPharma

A quarter-trillion dollar #bailout of the hotel and entertainment industry that will see the largest corporations like @Disney plied with cash, even as ordinary Americans will have to wait up to five months for a meager $1,200 government check.
#BailoutHumans #TrumpPressConf

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