There IS a way to pay for a universal healthcare system in our country.
Healthcare advocate Donna Smith talks about the Sanders plan and how much could be raised by implementing a Wall Street Transaction Tax. Listen here:
Overheard at the US Drug Pharmacy Counter: Greed in Action
At our local pharmacy counter, we often hear way too many stories of trauma and anger as people try to negotiate through a for-profit health care system that fights to keep profits growing ever higher by denying medications. We know our struggles are shared because […]
Want to Blame the Immigrants? Not So Fast. They Die and Go Broke in this System, too.
I’ve heard it so many times, when people consider an improved and expanded “Medicare for All, for Life” model: “Do we have to cover the ‘illegal’ immigrants?” People have this misguided idea that giving everyone access to health care is more costly than the way […]
My Breasts and My Life Not as Valuable as Angelina’s
While women and men around the world applaud Angelina Jolie for her bravery in writing such a public opinion piece in the New York Times today about her preemptive double mastectomy, some of us know that our breasts and our lives just are not worth as much as […]
Health Care Options: Go Bare or Go Broke?
In America, we take our pound of flesh and our profits wherever we may find them. In our U.S. health care system, the opportunities to profit are plentiful no matter the pain, illness, worry or other suffering inflicted. For me, I now face a decision […]