One in four Americans live with medical debt. 18 million Americans cannot afford to fulfill prescriptions given them by their doctors. 68,000 people a year die of lack of healthcare. 500,000 medical bankruptcies a year. But health insurers spent $141 billion on stock buybacks, leeching off people’s despair. This tyranny is going to end soon. #Medicare4All
Wendell Potter @wendellpotter
9 May 2023
(1/6) LATEST: Health insurers spent nearly $141 billion buying back their own shares of stock from 2007-2022 to benefit their top execs and Wall Street investors while premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed for millions of Americans. Here's how we got here:

May 9, 2023 · 5:10 PM UTC

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Marianne - if you run your campaign on pay2play ad-driven corporate media, they will decide when you are heard and when you are not. Let's build a platform for democracy!
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Please speak about the debt limit crises !
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And how many billions did health insurers and big pharma spend on advertising, and lawsuits? M4A is the only option, but only after Medicare is reformed to remove all premiums and co-pays, and block private insurers from ever being involved in any way with healthcare.
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Fight Biden all the way to the convention!
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You declared the reason people should donate money to you is to get you on stage to debate Biden; for your “messaging.” My wife observed & wants to know, since the DNC has decided there will not be any debates, why are you still collecting money from people? Not an unreasonable⁉️
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Health Insurers spent nearly $141 Billion buying back their own shares of stock from 2007-2022 to benefit their Top Execs and Wall Street Investors while PREMIUMS and DEDUCTIBLES have SKYROCKETED for MILLIONS of AMERICAN!
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Oh, but they were so extremely worried of people dying of Covid?
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