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The Republicans say that this is the greatest country in the world. It was at one time. Now we are number 1 in prison incarcerations and not much else. We are number 1 for paying for medical but we certainly are not number 1 in what we get for it. Covid has probably slowed it down, but medical tourism was a booming business. People going to Mexico or Panama for medical and dental care. India is popular for major surgeries such as heart bypass. If you are under 65, uninsured and need a heart bypass, book a flight to India. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/us-ranks-last-among-seven-countries-health-system-performance

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/us-ranks-last-among-seven-countries-health-system-performance

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It's obscene that pharmaceuticals can profit from a pandemic especially after it was tax payer money that bought the research. They should have zero monetary incentive. And the FDA that employs ex pharmaceutical CEOs. They have to sign a non conflict of interest disclosure. With the amount of corruption that goes on, who can trust these upper management types? Doctors have no autonomy any longer and prescribe based on protocols and guidelines that are derived from a litigious society. Thats why I continually see the poor quality of healthcare being dished out. It's gotten worse over the past 10 years. All doctors do anymore is throw pills at patients with no interest with who their patients really are. Not only are we going broke, the care that we are getting is pathetically substandard. Years ago when I became a registered nurse, I said to myself that I was doing it so I would know what NOT to do. I never really thought that would become a reality.

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Thom's last 2 reports could be summed-up by Health Care Not Warfare. Insured or not, we all have horror stories or know several people who do. Conservatism is killing us and leading America to ruination. Trump "wrote" the book on how to ruin-a-nation and the Republicans have decided to follow that psycho.

Bring the troops home to help us clean-up the environment and help with climate change projects; they love this country and will want to do it. As a bonus, we pay them and they spend more of their money HERE.

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