Uniting to protect the health of all people in America by informing and mobilizing North Carolinians & Congress to pass Expanded & Improved #MedicareforAll#M4A
Our state needs help! We need mental healthcare (and healthcare) funded ASAP! Join us during Mental Health month to discuss and get involved today! https://t.co/7cTCzgU9H6
Our tax dollars subsidize research and development for new medications. In exchange for taxpayer dollars these same pharmaceutical companies charge Americans the highest prices in the world. Make it make sense.
Is the US list price for Eliquis $7,100?
Bristol Myers CEO: Yes.
Does your company make a profit selling Eliquis in Canada for $900?
Bristol Myers CEO: Yes.
Will you lower the US price of Eliquis down to the price in Canada?
Bristol Myers CEO: No.
Eliquis costs $18 to make
China sells America cancer drug for $280. American pharmaceutical companies sell it to Americans for $8,892. Make it make sense? RT if you believe in Medicare for All.
"China’s new cancer drug Toripalimab is approved in the US but will cost 30 times more.
In China, a single-dose vial costs US$280 but in the US it will have a wholesale price of US$8,892."
https://t.co/vXKcAk65x4
This case is particularly interesting because high drug prices in the US are always sold to the public as "the cost of innovation", but obviously in this case the innovation happened in China so it's pretty crystal clear it's in fact just Americans getting screwed by their healthcare system...
Holy Hell.
Big Pharma is suing the government to stop Medicare from negotiating prescription drug prices.
The provision would save taxpayers $100,000,000,000 over the next decade.
We can’t let Big Pharma win. Please share this.
The private insurance industry, here channelled through the Medicare Advantage program, is so rapacious it turned a two-term GOP state rep. into a Medicare for All supporter.
https://t.co/uaDaT7IdNO
Death panels currently exist under our cruel private health insurance system. People are dying because their insurance companies deny them life saving treatments. RT if you want to help fight for #MedicareForAll
Insurance Says No to Cancer Surgery
The Mom completed 20 rounds of chemo in prep for the surgery, but her insurance denied coverage. Oncologist Dr. Yuman Fong wrote to Anthem Blue Cross saying the surgery was a proven treatment for 30 yrs.
Again "No."
https://t.co/9DQtppMgq7
This #TaxDay the average US taxpayer paid:
$474 for soldiers
$1,087 for military contractors
$74 for nuclear weapons
$2,375 for military spending in total
vs.
$270 for public education
$43 for the CDC
$21 for the EPA
$6 for renewable energy
Is this where our priorities are?
The members of Trinity Moravian Church in North Carolina purchased nearly $3.3 million of local residents’ medical debt for just $15,048.
Then, they held a debt jubilee ceremony and burned up the debt, canceling it all.
RT if you support Medicare for All! if you live in NC join our coalition today and come to our next meeting on March 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm. https://t.co/YA0OiIeCvo
As Americans are suffering from record inflation of consumer goods, the health insurance companies have decided to raise their rates by 24%... in ONE YEAR. Enough is enough. #MedicareForAll RT if you agree.
Health insurers just jacked up their prices by 24% in a single year, according to new government data.
Really think about that. https://t.co/0tAy9uUEjG
We had a fantastic time at our faith health caucus panel last night! 3 panelists discussed the intersections btw the prison industrial complex + our lack of single payer healthcare. Enjoy! https://t.co/oh2eqgYyHJ
Friends, please join the Faith Health Caucus for an excellent panel about how the prison industrial complex and our lack of single payer healthcare intersect. Join us at 6:00 pm on Tuesday 9/20. https://t.co/73DbBALHDc
Friends, please join the Faith Health Caucus for an excellent panel about how the prison industrial complex and our lack of single payer healthcare intersect. Join us at 6:00 pm on Tuesday 9/20. https://t.co/73DbBALHDc