“A death certificate would say he died of sepsis from a bone infection, but my friend and I have a term for the illness that killed him: end-stage poverty.” An important piece on what healthcare really means, from Lindsay Ryan, one of my fav people.www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/o...
Apr 11, 2024 at 17:30 UTC
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“end-stage poverty” are the three saddest words in the English language
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God damn that truth hits hard.
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The US heathcare business is an epic fail for many, many people. If only there were other, much better systems out there that could be used instead.
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Heartbreaking, important story. Thank you for sharing a link to it.
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Gift link:www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/o...
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Oof.
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Thank you for sharing this... it's devastating to see it put into words.
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Like the word we use, "inflation" for rich people, screwing us harder than normal.
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Cf. Social murder. Time to dust-off that Engels.
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:(
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this was so so good...and terrible...
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