The silver bullet to fixing our health care system is make sure all medicines and treatments have a standardized price. No rebates. No kickbacks. No discounts. One public price, no secret side deals.
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Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.
Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
Glad to see more than half of the Dem caucus voted against these weapons but it shocks the conscience that ANYONE would vote to arm a country committing a genocide and starving babies to death.
It’s deeply disturbing that 24 million Americans are about to be priced out of the medical care they need to stay alive…and this is nowhere in the political discourse as the algorithm inundates us with a stuff like people being mad about a jeans ad. levernews.com/health-insurer…
Medicare for All would save $650 billion and 68,000 lives a year, per CBO and Yale.
Trump’s budget bill increases the deficit by over $4 trillion, makes the largest cut to Medicaid in history and will cause 51,000 Americans to die unnecessarily each year-per CBO, Yale & Penn.
86% of Americans are stressed about grocery prices.
76% of Americans are stressed about their wages.
75% of Americans are stressed about the cost of housing.
via AP
I’m tired of politicians scapegoating immigrants and treating them like political pawns.
Hear these stories and try to tell me the system is working. It isn’t.
Cuba no abandonará sus programas de servicios médicos en decenas de países. Son absolutamente legítimos y, más importante aún, salvan vidas y alivian comunidades. Sec Estado EEUU es un politiquero deshonesto, empeñado en causar daño a costa d privar a muchos de servicios de salud
The wine grape harvest in CAs North Coast came early this year due to the heat being higher than usual. The high temps made the grapes mature earlier. "Ana" is pleased and tells us that her UFW contract guarantees her good wages during this important harvesting season. #WeFeedYou
Campesinos de CA, Uds tienen derechos con el calor actual. La ley les garantiza sombra cuando las temperaturas llegan a los 80° o más, y la estructura de sombra debe ser grande para cubrir a todos en la cuadrilla. Si hay una infracción, llamen al 661-546-9020 y repórtenla. #CALOR
CA farm workers you have rights in the current heat. The law guarantees you shade when temperatures reach 80° or more and the shade structure has to be big enough to cover all the workers in the crew. If there are violations call 661-546-9020 and report them. #CALOR
Imagine it being 88° before lunch time and already these farm workers have been working for several hours picking & packing grapes. Crews of up to 40 persons will share a 10 x 10 canopy when they need to cool down as the high with reach 94 on this day. #WeFeedYou #CALOR
In Kern County CA, the irrigator carries a lot of responsibility in the grape vineyards, making sure the fields get the water they need. Earlier today, with the temperature already at 90°, this worker is stepping away from the vineyards to begin his break. #WeFeedYou #CALOR
Oops. That's why our union is fighting for fair union contracts that ensure we can actually access the benefits the company loves to brag about... Starbucks execs: it’s your move.
At 9:50 a.m. today it was already 89°F when a farm worker sent us this photo from where they were harvesting table grapes in Lamont CA. #WeFeedYou #Calor
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but no. It was never a good idea to handout $76 billion in corporate welfare to micro-chip companies with no strings attached and without getting a reasonable return on investment for the American taxpayer.
Farm workers from Lamont CA sent us this photo today from where their crew was harvesting vegetables. They told us at 9:33 AM the temperature was already at 88°F. The high today is supposed to reach 108°. #WeFeedYou #calor
"Leticia" is working on CAs Central Coast harvesting strawberries, "I get paid piece rate and earn $2 for a tray of eight baskets. It's a very difficult job because you have to walk bent over all day long." #WeFeedYou