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Medicare for All: A Cure for Healthcare Injustice

thenorthstar
Feb 10, 2019
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Reflecting on the pestilence of injustice in our healthcare system, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remarked in 1966 that “of all the forms in inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” That remains true today.

The numbers tell a staggering story: Black women are more than three times as likely to die during childbirth than white …

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