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Medicare for All: A Prescription Against Deadly COVID Capitalism 08/06/2020

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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan   The United States, the wealthiest and most powerful nation in world history, is also number one in COVID-19 infections and deaths. As White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Deborah Birx warned last weekend, “It is extraordinarily widespread. It’s into the rural as equal urban areas. To everybody who lives in […]

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Small Steps Not Enough to Get to Universal Healthcare

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Imagine having to sneak out of the doctor’s office because you couldn’t afford to pay the bill, or having perfect strangers tearfully confide in you that they can no longer afford their mental health treatment. These are just two of the reasons people gave for supporting single-payer, government-financed health insurance during a pre-Democratic National Convention

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Montara Davis RN

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  Listen to Montara Davis RN tell us why she supports Single Payer Universal healthcare for all. She witnesses and experiences the injustices and discrimination of the current healthcare system firsthand.   Having great compassion for her patients and concerns for nurses’ safety, Montara wants to create a new Single Payer system that offers all people the care that

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California Can Lead The Way For Medicare-For-All

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Sonali Kolhatkar & BETTY DOUMAS ON KPFK RADIO This is a KPFK interview with Sonali Kolhatkar and Betty Doumas as a guest speak talking about California’s movement to a Single-Payer system.This is an audio recording with pictures to view Sonali Kolhatkar and Betty Doumas. The interview reveals reveals several issues that for profit healthcare has

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The High Cost of Collusion: Why Health Care is So Expensive in the US

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Why Health Care is So Expensive in the US “Why didn’t we know? To start with, unlike any other business in America, almost all of the financial transactions in healthcare are hidden from the providers as well as the patients. We order tests, procedures and medications to manage our patients, but very few doctors, or

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Building the Movement for Healthcare Justice

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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

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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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