{"id":328115,"date":"2017-09-28T17:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-september-27-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T17:51:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:51:48","slug":"in-otherwords-september-27-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-september-27-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"In OtherWords: September 27, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act looks to be, once again, stalled for now. That’s no doubt a relief to the millions of Americans the Congressional Budget Office estimated would’ve lost their care if the Graham-Cassidy bill had passed. (“First, do harm,” Khalil Bendib quips this week of the GOP’s health care mantra.)<\/p>\n

Still, it would be disingenuous to say that all’s well in American health care. By a long shot, Americans spend more for their care than any other people on earth, but we’re stuck at 42nd in terms of life expectancy.<\/p>\n

That’s because, Jim Hightower argues this week, our health system is designed to promote corporate profits, not health. Sam Pizzigati puts numbers to it, pointing out that health care CEOs pull in an average of $20 million a year.\u00a0No wonder\u00a0ordinary Americans go bankrupt paying for medical expenses.<\/p>\n

But a new bill introduced by Bernie Sanders\u00a0\u2014 and backed by 16 of his Senate colleagues\u00a0\u2014 would\u00a0turn that system on its head, providing cost-free insurance to every\u00a0American. That plan’s a long way from passage, but as Sam notes, it’s a start.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bernie’s also been busy, somewhat surprisingly, on foreign policy. John Frederick Kaufman reports on the senator’s recent major address, which openly questioned whether America’s post-9\/11 wars had done any good.<\/p>\n

Finally, Jill Richardson tackles the outrage over NFL players kneeling during\u00a0the national anthem to protest racial injustice. Recounting her own journey as a teacher on race issues, she says it’s an indicator of how much white Americans still need to learn about the experiences of their non-white neighbors.<\/p>\n

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Khalil Bendib \/ OtherWords.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. We Get Sick, They Get Rich<\/a>\u00a0\/ Sam Pizzigati
    \nAmericans need more bargaining power against health care corporations. A new bill could give it to them.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Bernie Sanders Thinks War Is Overrated, And He\u2019s Right<\/a>\u00a0\/ John Frederick Kaufman
    \nThe Vermont senator says it’s time to get rid of the idea that the only \u201cserious\u201d solutions to international problems involve the military.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. White Folks Need to Stop Assuming We Know Everything About Race<\/a>\u00a0\/ Jill Richardson
    \nIf you don’t understand why football players are taking a knee, take it as a sign you have more to learn.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Our Health Care System Is a Corporate Care System<\/a>\u00a0\/ Jim Hightower
    \nWhy is health system flailing? Because its guiding ethic is profit, not care.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. First, Do Harm<\/a>\u00a0\/ Khalil Bendib<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    This piece was reprinted from Other Words<\/a> by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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