48 people shot this weekend. Including 2-yr.old. #Chicago

Who’s picking up the emergency medical tab? And downstream cost beyond the dollar amount.

#gunviolence #america #guncontrol #gangwarfare #povertykills #cycleofviolence

'Policy Murder': Research Shows #Poverty Is 4th Cause of Death in US

Research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that poverty was linked to at least 183,000 deaths in the United States in 2019 among people aged 15 or older, making inadequate income the nation's fourth-leading mortality driver that year behind heart disease, cancer, and smoking

“#Povertykills as much as dementia, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer's, and diabetes"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/poverty-4th-leading-cause-death

#PovertyKills

#PovertyKills

:molotov:

Canada is performing the most organ transplants from MAID patients among the four countries studied that offer this practice.

The report is the first-ever review of the growing use of this new practice around the world. The review was conducted in 2021 and the results were formally published in December 2022. 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-performing-more-organ-transplants-from-maid-donors-than-any-country-in-the-world-1.6234133

#WheresTheAsteroid #PovertyKills #BurnItAllDown #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight

This is the Daily Mail, a British Tabloid. But the story of a man applying for euthanasia because he's poor and unable to access treatment or public support - in Canada! - that's worth talking about. #Canada #healthcareisahumanright #PovertyKills

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11516989/Canadian-man-doctors-approval-euthanasia-despite-admitting-POVERTY-main-factor.html

This is the Daily Mail, a British Tabloid. But the story of a man applying for euthanasia because he's poor and unable to access treatment or public support - in Canada! - that's worth talking about. #Canada #healthcareisahumanright #PovertyKills

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11516989/Canadian-man-doctors-approval-euthanasia-despite-admitting-POVERTY-main-factor.html

"Inequality: America’s Silent Killer"

Studies have linked a variety of health and social problems to income inequality among 23 rich nations. The US had the most income inequality & the worst outcomes for the index
#PovertyKills #AusterityKills #NHSCrisis
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/inequality-americas-silent-killer/