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Building the Movement for Healthcare Justice

Building the Movement for Healthcare Justice Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal, Rep.Ayanna Pressley,  Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Co-chair for the Poor Peoples Campaign,  Ady Barkan,  Healthcare Activist, Sara Nelson, President fo the Association of Flight Attendans,  Dr. Abul El-Sayed, Physican and Activist. Hold a Town Hall on Healthcare Justice

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Say Her Name

The recent and sad death of Dr. Susan Moore is another example of anti-Blackness and medical apartheid. In the words of Dr. Susan Moore: “You have to show proof that you have something wrong with you, in order for you to get the medicine. I put forward, and I maintain: If I was white, I wouldn’t have to go through that. Dr. Bannec made me feel like I was a drug addict, and he knew I was a physician.” This is how Black people get killed, their complaints of pain and discomfort are often either challenged, or go unaddressed. Black people often are treated using protocols and equipment that have been optimized and calibrated to serve White patients.

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Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks – Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes

Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes Coronado may outlive the hospital that saved him. Founded 168 years ago as the city’s first hospital, Mercy survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 but is succumbing to modern economics, which have underfinanced hospitals serving the poor. In July, the

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