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This is why blaming doctors is pointless: America has no healthcare system

MAY 23, 2021  3 AM PT Published by the Los Angeles Times   To the editor: Dr. Robert Pearl asserts that “doctor culture,” taught and learned in medical schools, is destroying the U.S. healthcare system.   I disagree. America has no healthcare system. We have a healthcare industry that supports profit-making healthcare enterprises, regardless of whether

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What’s missing in Newsom’s budget that has public health officials worried.

By MELODY GUTIERREZSTAFF WRITER  MAY 20, 2021 5 AM PT SACRAMENTO — Healthcare advocates in California are pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan released last week, saying it follows a dangerous pattern of underfunding local public health agencies despite glaring funding inadequacies exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health leaders asked that $200 million in ongoing funding

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