Two numbers from July 15, 2020
July 15, 2020 United States COVID-19 deaths: 129,595 UnitedHealth posts record quarterly profit of: $6,600,000,000 Two numbers from July 15 to consider. UnitedHealth posted a quarterly profit of $6.6B on the same day the total number of U.S. deaths reached nearly 130k. That’s about $50,000 in profit per dead American. For ONE company. #MedicareForAll now. View post […]
Medicare for All will save 68,000 lives a year
Psst … Medicare for All will save 68,000 lives a year (while also reducing national healthcare expenditures by $450B). Pass it on! (Source: The Lancet) View post on Instagram
Centene CEO Michael Neidorff made $25M in one year
In one year, Centene (which Wikipedia describes as “a major intermediary for both government-sponsored and privately insured health care programs”) CEO Michael Neidorff made $25 MILLION. Your pain is his gain. View post on Instagram
34 Million People
Roughly 34 million people in the U.S. know someone who has died in the last 5 years because they could not afford treatment for a medical condition. We need Medicare for All now. View post on Instagram
Average health care spending per person
Average health care spending per person is more than twice as high in the U.S. than in other developed countries. Medicare for All is designed to bring that number down! View post on Instagram
UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann made $17.3M in one year
UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann made $17.3M in one year. Your pain is his gain. View post on Instagram.
Prescription Drug Costs Keep Growing
Brand-name prescription drug prices keep rising and rising; in just five years they rose 76% (we’ll let you take a wild guess where all that extra profit goes) View on Instagram
Brand-name drug manufacturers fact
Brand-name drug manufacturers could lose an unfathomable amount of revenue and still be more profitable than any other industry. Do not worry about them. View on Instagram
Annual Premiums for Families 1999-2019
Nearly one quarter of Americans are un- or under-insured
A quarter of Americans struggle to pay medical costs
Hospital Revenue Spent on Administration
Share of GDP spend on health care
Your pain is their gain
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini made $59 million in one year
