# Better than this - Physicians for a National Health Program - Host: [pnhp.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/pnhp.org/) - Saved: August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07T18:56:31Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a11624efda74/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a11624efda74.json ## What Jamie wrote Heartfelt article forwarded to me by my fiend Mike who is a Dr. himself and knows the author of this article.
We sit together in a room in a modern emergency department in a rich country, a land where highly trained specialists confidently wield the newest technologies and expensive pharmaceuticals. But these treasures are not accessible to all, for ours is also a land where private health insurance is bought and sold as a commodity. Ours is a system known to shake down sick people for money they dont have. Ours is the only wealthy democracy that fails to guarantee health coverage to all of its citizens.
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