Meanwhile, E.S. suggested this Chris Hedges piece, which is highly critical of the insurance industry. I was surprised by how strongly worded it was, given Hedges' previous, more nuanced writing.
You may remember Chris Hedges as the 15-year foreign correspondent for The New York Times who was forced to leave the "paper of record" when he refused to stop speaking out against the Iraq War. (Hedges' 2002 bestseller, War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, is a classic.)
Despite its polemical tone, I think Hedges' insurance article is important to read, especially the quotes from PNHP's Dr. Himmelstein, which include news of some major protests coming early this fall:
"We are considering a variety of striking efforts for early in the fall,” Dr. Himmelstein said, “including protests outside state capitals by doctors around the country, video links of conferences in 70 or 80 cities around the country, with protests and potential doctors chaining themselves to the fence of the White House.”
I'm just not used to the idea of staid and highly self-disciplined physicians having to chain themselves to the fence of the White House. But these are unusual times.
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