Study Shows Medicare for All Could Save US $600 Billion Annually on Paperwork and Other ‘Useless Bureaucracy’
10 Jan 2020

Study Shows Medicare for All Could Save US $600 Billion Annually on Paperwork and Other ‘Useless Bureaucracy’

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/study-shows-medicare-all-could-save-us-600-billion-annually-paperwork-and-other Published on Tuesday, January 07, 2020 “Industry wants you to think universal healthcare is too expensive. In reality, it’s our current system that’s a wasteful, unsustainable disaster.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer A demonstrator holds a sign … Continued

Patients Rising: Persons with Diabetes Are Leading the Access to Medicines Movement–Part Two
9 Jan 2020

Patients Rising: Persons with Diabetes Are Leading the Access to Medicines Movement–Part Two

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From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Faith in Healthcare is grateful to the terrific social movement weekly publication Waging Nonviolence for publishing this article by our editor. We offer it here to Faith in Healthcare readers in two parts. Part One can be viewed … Continued

Patients Rising: Persons with Diabetes Are Leading the Access to Medicines Movement
19 Dec 2019

Patients Rising: Persons with Diabetes Are Leading the Access to Medicines Movement

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From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Faith in Healthcare is grateful to the terrific social movement weekly publication Waging Nonviolence for publishing this article by our editor. We offer it here to Faith in Healthcare readers in two parts. Part One: Elizabeth Pfiester … Continued

Sign Petition—Demand That Congress Pass the Lower Drug Costs Now Act
17 Dec 2019

Sign Petition—Demand That Congress Pass the Lower Drug Costs Now Act

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From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): We have long hoped for lower prescription drug prices that protect the American people from Big Pharma’s runaway greed. And this week, we may finally get a vote in the U.S. House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi … Continued

The ‘Climate Crisis Is a Health Emergency’: New Report Warns US Fracking Boom Making People and Planet Sick
6 Dec 2019

The ‘Climate Crisis Is a Health Emergency’: New Report Warns US Fracking Boom Making People and Planet Sick

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/climate-crisis-health-emergency-new-report-warns-us-fracking-boom-making-people-and Published on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 by Common Dreams “It is unconscionable that we continue to subject our communities to these risks when we have the technology to make a just transition to renewable energy.” By Jessica … Continued

Why Are Drug Prices Rising So Much? Pharma Exec Admits ‘No Other Rationale’ But Profit-Making
6 Dec 2019

Why Are Drug Prices Rising So Much? Pharma Exec Admits ‘No Other Rationale’ But Profit-Making

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/why-are-drug-prices-rising-so-much-pharma-exec-admits-no-other-rationale-profit Published on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 by Common Dreams “The industry executive said the quiet part out loud,” said one outside expert in response. “Price-gouging is central to the industry business model.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer … Continued

Four Reasons to Tax the Rich for Universal Healthcare
4 Dec 2019

Four Reasons to Tax the Rich for Universal Healthcare

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From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Last week, Democratic 2020 Presidential front-runner Senator Elizabeth Warren released her plan to pay for Medicare for All. As discussed previously here at Faith in Healthcare, Senator Bernie Sanders, academic think tanks, and economists have already set … Continued