Another reason I am so glad to be semi-retired and only working a few shifts a month at a small critical access ER. Healthcare in the US is near collapse, while insurance companies make record profits.
Our for-profit healthcare system is such a failure that it helped grow the anti-vax movement during a pandemic. The profit-motive erodes trust. Not only would universal healthcare be more efficient and lead to better outcomes, but it could also help restore trust.
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RT @acsifferlin
"Many physicians are now finding it difficult to quash the suspicion that our institutions, and much of our work inside them, primarily serve a moneymakin…
https://twitter.com/acsifferlin/status/1622237611585576960
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