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The Gross Inequality of Organ Transplants in America
There’s a nationwide organ shortage, but how long patients wait for a transplant can depend on how much money they have. BY JORDAN MICHAEL SMITH November 8, 2017 Lisa Waters was 25 years old when, one day in 1995, she couldn’t raise her right arm without pain in her shoulder. Blood tests...- Jimi Swagger
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I watched my patients die of poverty for 40 years. It’s time for single-payer.
By David A. Ansell David A. Ansell is a professor of internal medicine, senior vice president for community health equity at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, a member of Physicians for a National Health Program, and author of “The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills.” Sarai was 25 years...- Jimi Swagger
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