Stephan: The illness profit system of healthcare, on the basis of objectively verifiable evidence (see the SR archive), is failing. And it is only going to get worse as health issues become more extreme as a result of pandemics, lack of staff, and healthcare "deserts" in rural areas where there are no hospitals, as well as few practitioners. But fundamental of all of this is the economic structure of healthcare in the United States. It is not meeting the needs of the people of this country and the government is so corrupt as a result of Citizens United legalizing bribery, that nothing is being done.
An intensive care nurse cares for a patient suffering from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) who is being ventilated in the children’s intensive care unit of the Olgahospital in Stuttgart, Germany on November 25, 2021. Hospitals in the U.S. are reporting a surge in RSV cases. Credit: Marijan Murat / picture alliance / Getty
Pediatric health experts are sounding alarms regarding a surge in respiratory viruses among children, with more than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds now full as respiratory syncytial virus cases hit more than double the number of infants who were affected last year.
In a letter to President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra American Academy earlier this week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) called on the administration to declare a public health emergency, which would give hospitals flexibility to free up beds.
The White House signaled that it would not declare an emergency, only saying Thursday that officials were “ready to provide assistance to communities who are in need of help on a case-by-case basis.”
Rev. Dean
on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 1:13 pm
I agree with you Stephan, and agree with Bernie Sanders; you both know we need a “Single-payer” system of healthcare in the USA. And the Supreme Court should all be FIRED for their role in making “Citizens United” decision which gives all the power in the country to the RICH people and Corporations. It is an abomination! We now live in an Oligarchy, not a Democratic Republic.
I agree with you Stephan, and agree with Bernie Sanders; you both know we need a “Single-payer” system of healthcare in the USA. And the Supreme Court should all be FIRED for their role in making “Citizens United” decision which gives all the power in the country to the RICH people and Corporations. It is an abomination! We now live in an Oligarchy, not a Democratic Republic.