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Wise words from #KellyHayes

“… People are furious and heartbroken, and they know they have been wronged.

“Some are working themselves to death, laboring through illness or amid the deterioration of their joints or spinal discs, because they can’t afford to stop.

“Some pay insurance rates they can barely afford and still receive astronomical medical bills.

“Many have watched their loved ones suffer and die needlessly or while in unnecessary pain.

“Still more are constantly struggling to get the basic tests and medications they need to maintain their health.

“They know that people like themselves are dying when they could be saved. If they are not suffering today, they know that they could be tomorrow–that they could be struck by chronic pain or a chronic illness that would render them surplus and disposable in a billionaire’s world.

“The working class is marked for violence, as corporate policies and algorithms decide if our bodies are worthy of maintenance–or if we should simply be left to die …”

#healthcare #uhc #CorporateViolence https://organizingmythoughts.org/insurance-denials-chronic-pain-and-a-nations-rage/?ref=organizingmythoughts-newsletter