The US puts the Hell in Health Care: For-profit insurance, Pharma, and the hatred and conspiracies they breed

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Air Date 1/4/2025

The murder of a health insurance CEO being met with widespread approval and the risk of going backward on life-saving vaccines pretty much sums up the current state of our approach to health care in this country.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Weekly Roundup Luigi Mangione and the End of Civilization - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 12-13-24

KP 2: You Don't Actually Need to Condemn the Murder of the CEO Guy - Serious Inquiries Only - Air Date 12-12-24

KP 3: The Dark History Behind RFK Jr.'s Health Policies - The Majority Report - Air Date 12-11-24

KP 4: Vaccine skepticism Will the new Trump admin axe the polio vaccine - The ReidOut - Air Date 12-13-24

KP 5: Weekly Roundup Luigi Mangione and the End of Civilization Part 2 - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 12-13-24

KP 6: The Health Care Crisis Is The Democracy Crisis - The Lever - Air Date 12-17-24

(48:31) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the racist history of opposing universal health care

DEEPER DIVES

(53:28) SECTION A - RFK Jr.

(1:07:08) SECTION B - Luigi Mangione

(1:22:43) SECTION C - United Health Care

(1:41:01) SECTION D - Health Care History

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Description: A cropped photo of two people holding a handmade sign that says “Healthcare for people NOT for profit!”

Credit: “Demand SINGLE PAYER Expanded & Improved Medicare for All HR 676 Now Protest” by Elvert Barnes, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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