Tomlinson: America s health care system flails again, focused on profit over patients
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People wait in a line for a COVID-19 vaccine shot Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, near the Bayou City Event Center in Houston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Carmen Acosta, 86, rests as she waits in line for a COVID-19 vaccine shot with her son Robert, right, and husband Luis Acosta, 91, in back seat, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, near the Bayou City Event Center in Houston. The son said they had been waiting about 45 minutes.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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People line up for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine administered by University Health at Wonderland of Americas Mall, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. It is the first day of vaccinating people in the 1B group, those 65 years and over and 18 and above with certain medical conditions. The 17,280 vaccination slots were taken up in five hours after University Hea
Tomlinson: America’s health care system flails again, focused on profit over patients By Chris Tomlinson, Staff writer
Profit-driven companies and private partnerships have proven once again they cannot solve the U.S. health care system’s problems.
Or maybe it’s just more profitable to leave things alone.
Texans spent the weekend hitting redial or refresh to get an appointment for a dose of COVID-19 vaccine. They discovered a complicated, disjointed, illogical and unfair process that perfectly reflects how all health care is delivered in this country.
Begin with the pharmaceutical companies struggling to produce enough doses because they’ve outsourced production. Move on to the federal government, which relies on private logistics companies for distribution during their busiest season.
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TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 17:37 IST
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The world s richest people have collectively gained 23 per cent or $1.3 trillion since the year began. (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread layoffs across sectors, the world s richest people have collectively gained 23 per cent or $1.3 trillion since the year began, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed. Here are some of the wealthiest people across the globe who beat the pandemic-induced slowdown to become richer:
1 Jeff Bezos
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is the richest man on the planet with a total net worth of $187 billion.
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