Scott Schiff-Slater, a family physician in central Maine, recounts how he ended up with a bizarre $850 charge and time lost to calls with hospital and insurers. "...I know that many readers have similar tales – I hear about them daily from my patients." bit.ly/49fkSe8

#PatientsNotCustomers #PeopleOverProfits

Dr. Joe Jarvis from #HealingUS Profit in healthcare = wealthy health insurance execs + dead & broke Americans. #M4A #CalCare #healthcare #patientsoverprofits

This.

"The Namath ads are the main illustration of the behemoth Medicare Advantage marketing industry, which is designed to herd seniors into Medicare Advantage plans that restrict the doctors and hospitals that seniors can go to." - Wendell Potter

Add your name! Passage of SBUHCA could allow Maine's UHC legislation to take effect. Just sayin'.

#SinglePayer IS a women's rights issue.

Deadline extended to April 2--that's today! Maine is one of several states poised to enact #UniversalHealthcare if/when #SBUHCA is passed.

Hannah Drummond, an RN at HCA Healthcare, testified at a U.S. Senate hearing about the dangers of corporate health care prioritizing their profits over the safety of our patients — especially in rural and vulnerable communities. This is what nurse advocacy looks like! ✊

All across the country, private equity firms are buying up hospitals with a promise to improve profits and increase efficiency. Who wins in this situation? Certainly not patients. Nurses explain what's at risk and why you should be wary of this growing trend. 🧵 (1/6)

The only reasonable function of a health insurance company is to pay claims, not to manage care. The only reasonable function of an employer is to pay salaries, not to manage care. The only reasonable decison makers in health care are patients and their doctors. #healthcare

Say it with us: The time for single-payer health care is now! ❤️

Did you know that most Americans actually have health insurance? And yet, our healthcare system is an abomination where gaps in coverage and high costs are the norm. The solution? You already know. #MedicareForAll

#UniversalHealthcare would help to alleviate racial and ethnic inequities in health care. #EverybodyInNobodyOut

And unfortunately, having insurance doesn't protect you from medical debt! We're not safe until we have #UniversalHealthcare

propublica.org/article/cigna-… ProPublica has done it again. These terrifying glimpses inside health insurance corporations are so important. People need to understand what we're up against. These corporations don't care about you. Cigna Healthcare

New mothers are twice as likely to have medical debt and face an average of $3,000 in out-of-pocket childbirth costs. We need Medicare for All and to pass my bill with Sen. Bernie Sanders to cancel all medical debt.

Don’t ever let any politician tell you we don’t have the money for things like Medicare or Social Security. They’re lying. Paying for programs millions of Americans need is a matter of will, not ability.

"Should we just be ok with a health care system that is death by a thousand cuts?" Read the whole post from Dr. G.