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travelingthrulife

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21. Ever since corporate monsters took over healthcare, it has been a race to the bottom.

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #19)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:48 AM

15 hrs ago

Late eighties when 'greed was good'. It was so much better when the doctors, nurses and nuns ran it. They used compassion in their decisions. These new greed bags are just building medical empires. Cut out the radiologists and they can add another new medical building to their collection.

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