I’m a young healthcare professional who educates myself and others about our healthcare system. I believe in sharing unbiased information + personal experience.
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This thread is to share the stories of everyday Americans who have been affected by a healthcare system that is fundamentally broken.
Please respond with your #americanhealthcarestory
American Healthcare retweeted
This thread is to share the stories of everyday Americans who have been affected by a healthcare system that is fundamentally broken.
Please respond with your #americanhealthcarestory
American Healthcare retweeted
At a time when folks desperately need access to care, our for-profit system is closing hundreds of rural hospitals bc they're not "profitable" enough.
We can do better. We have to: #MedicareForAll
healthoverprofit.org/2020/03…
Did You Know:
One out of every six dollars is spent on American Healthcare.
1/6
16%
$2,800,000,000,000
Every. Single. Year.
graphic c/o @voxdotcom
American Healthcare retweeted
My son, Allen, died 5/11/2018 after being denied SSD and having to ration his insulin. @PhRMA is allowed to gouge insulin prices in the US, other countries have fixed prices. His insulin was $2k/month. I watched him die and now live without him. The system is broken
American Healthcare retweeted
My son, Allen. He died 5/11/18 because he had to ration his insulin. He was healthy when he had access to insulin. I watched him wither away and die because of corporate greed. This needs to stop. Now. #insulin4all
In a time when we are divided and panicked, we also need to highlight the good in a system that innovates and advances medicine across the world.
Please respond to share your positive experiences with the American healthcare system, giving others hope.
#americanhealthcarestory
Drug costs are a huge component of American’s medical burden - what have you paid lately?
#americanhealthcarestory
Graphic c/o @voxdotcom
Please share or tag someone who can share their story - they deserve to be heard. It’s not an American Healthcare story, but is may as well be an American Horror story.
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According to ZipRecruiter, the average American orthopedic surgeon earns between $340k and $390k a year.
This is a challenging profession - requiring great intelligence, training, and dedication.
In a system that works for you - how would physical compensation be calculated?
Do you believe there is any room for a for-profit company (insurance, hospital, private practice, etc.) in a functional healthcare system that works for all?
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This is why we fight! #healthcarereform
Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 23 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $278 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it
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This is fair - and yet even with crocs, spiders, snakes, and all forms of natural horror, Australians still live 4.5% longer than Americans!
(Per NationMaster)
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In 2017, Americans spent 3.5 trillion dollars on healthcare. That’s enough to purchase everything made in Australia - for three years!
Help us spread the word that something has got to change for the better.
Here is one trillion dollars visualized:
Despite spending more than anybody else, Americans still have the lowest life expectancy out of these developed countries.
We lead in so many ways - it’s time to improve care for all!
