Our Healthcare $$ Are Golfing in Hawaii 🧵
My mom lives in Hawaii. She loves to golf. She's in her late 60s and I'm happy for her. She was on the course the other day and saw a young man in his early 30s who goes to Hawaii several times a year to golf.
She was curious. 1/n
My mom lives in Hawaii. She loves to golf. She's in her late 60s and I'm happy for her. She was on the course the other day and saw a young man in his early 30s who goes to Hawaii several times a year to golf.
She was curious. 1/n
"How do you manage to get the time to go golfing at this stage in your career? What do you do? It took me forever to get this time off."
He responded, "I work in billing for health insurance companies. They can't handle all the administration so they contract it out to us." 2/n
He responded, "I work in billing for health insurance companies. They can't handle all the administration so they contract it out to us." 2/n
My mom (a cancer survivor): You mean, you work for a health insurance company?
He: No, not even. I started my own company, & they pour tons of money my way to go and get them more money. I make a killing by doing the administration work they send. It pays for my golf vacays.3/n
He: No, not even. I started my own company, & they pour tons of money my way to go and get them more money. I make a killing by doing the administration work they send. It pays for my golf vacays.3/n
The US pays more money for healthcare than any other country. And we do not have the best health outcomes to show. Because our system is for profit, that money is going into the hands of executives, shareholders and CEOs. It's an extractive system, which leaves providers 4/n
scrambling to get services and patients wracked with debt. Medical debt is the #1 cause of personal bankruptcy in the US, even for people with "great insurance." The system is not about health or wellness. It's about making lots of money for these executives. 5/n
The same people running those "health" systems are driving our pandemic response, which is characterized by the highest rates of illness in the world.
In order to get different outcomes, we have to start changing the systems we are working with. In CA, the @CalNurses 6/n
In order to get different outcomes, we have to start changing the systems we are working with. In CA, the @CalNurses 6/n
@CalNurses have worked with @Ash_Kalra to put an end to that extraction--leaving the dollars in the system to benefit our patients and to make care seamless for our providers. It's called #CalCare and there's legislation making its way through our state right now called #AB1400 7/n
@CalNurses @Ash_Kalra It's our way to stop hemorrhaging our healthcare dollars and put them to work for the health benefit of ALL Californians--regardless of tribal status, documentation status, age, employment.
With all the people who are sick and will be sickened by this pandemic and wildfires 8/n
With all the people who are sick and will be sickened by this pandemic and wildfires 8/n
@CalNurses @Ash_Kalra this could not be more timely. Let's get the kind of transformational change to advance health equity and an amazing system of health and wellness in our state of California.
Please find out who your representative is and tell them you're watching.
findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Please find out who your representative is and tell them you're watching.
findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
@CalNurses @Ash_Kalra Sign up to get directly involved with the nurses to move this forward. We can only do this with massive public support. Let's get it done and create the best healthcare system this nation has seen.
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