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While not perfect our healthcare system is a point of national pride. America has no lack of national pride - you just need to better direct that energy and enthusiasm.
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I have a lot of pride in my country. The fact that insurance companies and big pharmaceutical companies block universal health care, however, is a point of shame.

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Try working for doctors and begging insurance companies for authorizations for treatments and meds. It's shameful. #MedicareForAll
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No, HERE is THE point of shame: More than two-thirds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check statnews.com/feature/prescri…

More than two-thirds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check in 2020, new STAT analysis shows

Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election, according to a new STAT analysis.

statnews.com
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Some people think "American pride" means applauding every mistake our country makes.
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this is true if you go anywhere. they laugh at our healthcare and transportation
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I’m American, now an Australian citizen, it’s pretty sobering to become a part of something that the US denies for its citizens. Big Pharma rules the United States and they are stretching their tentacles globally since the pandemic.
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