Exlusive: Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is 'morally wrong'

[Equinox Moon]

Source: Guardian

Exclusive: Former UN secretary general accuses ‘powerful’ health interests in the US of blocking universal healthcare.

The former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has denounced the United States’ healthcare system as politically and morally wrong, and urged American leaders to enact publicly financed healthcare as a “human right”.

Ban made the comments in an exclusive interview with the Guardian in New York, as part of his work with The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela to work on issues of global importance, including universal health coverage.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/ex-un-chief-ban-kioon-says-us-healthcare-system-is-morally-wrong

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I agree. And the way to fix it is

a. dont whine about candidates who want to fix it

b. dont support nazis and traitors

c. dont expect to fix it until you remove said nazis and traitors from office

[LuckyLib]

2. Yes. And Americans talk about this regularly.

That the US health care insurance industry is a criminal enterprise.

Single payer — coverage for all, no layers of siphoning middlemen. And Big Pharma? Needs major oversight, no contributions to candidates.