Thread by @TheLoveBel0w

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…

"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…

"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…

"The Commonwealth Fund found that out of 11 wealthy countries surveyed, the U.S. ranked dead last for quality of health care outcomes. And despite all those costs and profits going up, American life expectancy has dropped for a historic 3rd year in a row"

gq.com/story/eat-the-…

"Prescription drugs in the United States rank as the most expensive by a long shot, a report published this week has found, with the average cost of medications in the US exceeding the global median price by 300 percent"

#ForProfitHealthcareCostsLives

aljazeera.com/ajimpact/ranks…

"The big picture: The profits don't just lead to hefty paydays. They allow the industry to amass a war chest to fend off piecemeal reforms and larger-scale overhauls like Medicare for All"

#ForProfitHealthcareCostsLives

businessinsider.com/new-data-big-p…

Why do so many politicians in America refuse to acknowledge healthcare as a right?

Here's a list of Congressmembers that accepted the most money from Big Pharma in the 2018 election cycle.

Ideology isn't what's standing in the way of healthcare reform, it's money in politics...

“I’m really much more concerned because Congress is supposed to have oversight for the FDA. If the FDA isn’t going to hold pharma accountable, and Congress is getting paid to not hold pharma accountable, then it really doesn’t matter who the president is"

finance.yahoo.com/news/congress-…

"Independent advisers tasked with reviewing drugs for the FDA receive massive financial support from the very companies they are tasked with overseeing"

Some physicians received as much as $2.1M from Big Pharma to approve as many as 28 different drugs...

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

"Insurance companies are fighting it because they are afraid of the prospect of a potent new competitor that will cut into their profits"

nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/…

"One quarter of American adults say they or a family member has put off treatment for a serious medical condition because of cost, according to data released this week by Gallup. That number is the highest it’s been in three decades of Gallup polling"

washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…