The for-profit health insurance industry has attached itself to us like a giant, bloodsucking tick and "Scientific Racism" is part of the reason why.

There's only one person in this photograph/video of last week's G7 meeting who represents a country where an illness can destroy an entire family, leaving them bankrupt and homeless, with the repercussions of that sudden fall into poverty echoing down through generations.

Most Americans have no idea that the United States is quite literally the only country in the developed world that doesn't define healthcare as an absolute right for all of its citizens. That's it. We're the only one left.

The United States spends more on “healthcare” than any other country in the world: about 17% of GDP.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Are Red-State Covid Deaths about to Skyrocket?
- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist / Adjunct Senior Fellow - Federation of American Scientists @DrEricDing> @FAScientist

Article: "Boris Johnson extends current lockdown rules in England due to concerns over delta Covid variant" by Elliot Smith.

Article: "COVID-19 Integrated County View" by CDC.

Article: "How the coronavirus Delta variant rampaged through India before spreading across the globe" by James Oaten.

Tweet: "5) UK scientists found #DeltaVariant to have 2.4-2.6x higher risk of hospitalization than B117 #AlphaVariant. But Alpha is 64% higher risk than original for hospitalization. So 1.6*2.5= 4.1x. That's why Delta is 4x higher hospitalization than original." by Eric Feigl-Ding.

Article: "Province records two deaths related to Delta variant at Foothills Medical Centre outbreak" (Calgary) by Dylan Short.

Article: "A fifth of asymptomatic Covid patients develop long Covid: study" by AFP.

Article: "Precautionary Principle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fauci: A single dose may be a “lean” defense against mutants" by antoniocollison.

Article: "Herd Immunity Is Humanity's Great Hope, and It's Proving Elusive" by Robert Langreth, Emma Court.

Article: "CDC says fully vaccinated people don't need to wear face masks indoors or outdoors in most settings" by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

Article: "What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant first found in India" by Ivana Kottasová and Sheena McKenzie.

Article: "Why Is America the Only Developed Nation With No Right To Healthcare?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: “How the Supreme Court and the morbidly rich are ruining democracy in America“ by Thom Hartmann.

Article: “Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans“ by Wendell Potter .

Article: “The Hidden History of American Healthcare“ by Thom Hartmann.

Article: “Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro“ by Frederick L. Hoffman.

Article: “Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous“ by Peter Dreier.

Article: “After Pushing Lies, Former Cigna Executive Praises Canada's Health Care System“ by Michel Martin.

Article: “McGuire's payday is a shame, if not a crime“ by Neal St. Anthony.

Article: “The Perfect Payday“ by Charles Forelle and James Bandler.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Article: "Health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product in selected countries in 2018" by Statista.

Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896 (separate but equal).

Article: "Capitol Riot Cop Michael Fanone Says 'Coward' GOP Rep. Clyde Refused to Shake His Hand " by Darragh Roche.

Article: "The FBI says the Capitol riot was 'terrorism.' Democrats (and Republicans) should, too." by Dean Obeidallah.

Article: "GOP congressman refuses to shake hands with D.C. police officer who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6" by Colby Itkowitz and Peter Hermann.

Article: "Georgia's 1332 waiver violates the ACA and cannot lawfully be approved" by Christen Linke Young and Jason Levitis.

Article: "California will soon have a COVID-19 vaccine verification system — but it's not a passport" by Herb Scribner.

Article: "Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care in the United States Compared to 10 Other Developed Countries" by Roosa Tikkanen, Munira Z. Gunja, Molly FitzGerald, Laurie Zephyrin.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Site: Heritage Foundation

Article: "Did the Heritage Foundation Invent ObamaCare?" by D. Brad Wright.

Article: "Genocide of indigenous peoples" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fact check: Do Republican presidents oversee recessions and Dems oversee recoveries?" by Doug Stanglin.

Hour Two: Could Money Market Funds Collapse?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book) @profwolff @democracyatwrk

Article: "Fed urged to aid money market funds as negative rates loom" by Michael Mackenzie and Colby Smith.

Article: "Quantitative easing" (QE) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Financial crisis of 2007-08" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dot-com bubble" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court Rules Against LGBTQ+ Rights in Foster Services Case" (Pennsylvania) by Alex Cooper.

Article: "Wealthy Drivers More Likely To Break Traffic Rules " by James D. Schwartz.

Article: "Men who are jerks and who break traffic laws prefer high-status cars, study says" by Sven Gustafson.

Video: Is Civilization Our Greatest Accomplishment or Worst Mistake? (w/ Christopher Ryan PhD).

Book: Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan.

Article: "Daniel Quinn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Weather: 40 Million+ Face Record-Breaking Heatwave" by Jake Higgins.

Article: "Lake Mead's water level drops to lowest point in history " by Denise Chow.

Article: “Gov. Cox invites Utahns to pray for rain June 4-6“ by Gov. Spencer J. Cox.

Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Act, with Gorsuch and Alito Dissenting" by Julia Marnin.

Article: "Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)" by HealthCare.gov.

Article: "The Supreme Court Saved Obamacare Again By Throwing Out A Republican Lawsuit" by Paul McLeod, Zoe Tillman.

Article: "Kristen Clarke narrowly confirmed as first Black woman to lead Justice Department's civil rights division" by Kristine Phillips.

Article: "40% of Americans don't have $400 in the bank for emergency expenses: Federal Reserve" by Soo Youn.

Article: "Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples" by Ariane de Vogue.

Article: "Supreme Court unanimously sides with Catholic adoption agency that turned away same-sex couples" by John Kruzel.

Article: "Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention of 1787: July 20, 1787" by James Madison.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Article: "Massachusetts Government – From Theocracy to Royal Colony" by Lenox History.

Hour Three: Choose: Voting Rights or The US Chamber
- Karl Frisch, Senior Adviser - AccountableUS @KarlFrisch @accountable_us

Article: "Val Demings to run for Senate against Rubio" by Marc Caputo.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "New TV Ads Call Corporations' Bluff: They Can't Support Both Voting Rights and the U.S. Chamber" by Accountable.US.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Bill: "S.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR].

Article: "U.S. Chamber Key Vote Letter Opposing H.R. 1, "For the People Act"" by U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Article: "Report: U.S. Chamber's Latest Attacks on Voting Rights Part of Its Anti-Democratic History" by Accountable.US.

Site: Drop The Chamber.

Article: "Triple bottom line" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vandana Shiva" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Seeds Of Suicide: How Monsanto Destroys Farming" by Vandana Shiva.

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Robert Bork" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Joseph Kennedy outfoxes the foxes as first SEC head" by Michael Chevy Castranova.

Can the Poor Beat the Lust for Profits?
- Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Trade Watch @PCGTW @WallachLori

Article: "The US and EU must waive the patents" by Lori Wallach.

Video: How Do We Vaccinate the World? (w/Lori Wallach).

Article: "The TRIPS Waiver as a recognition of public health concerns in the WTO" by Andrew D. Mitchell, Tania Voon.

Article: "Pfizer's Covid vaccine revenues hit $3.5bn in first quarter" by Nikou Asgari.

Article: "Biden To Support Waiving Patents For COVID-19 Vaccines" by Daniel Marans, Sara Boboltz.

Article: "German Chancellor Merkel opposes Biden's proposed patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines " by David Hogberg.

Article: "Lawmakers urge EU U-turn to back vaccine patent waiver " by Reuters.

Article: "Breakthrough in vaccine patent row as talks progress on WTO rules" by John Basquill.

Article: "Die deutsche Regierung nimmt die Welt als Geisel" by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Article: "Their coronavirus vaccine candidate has made them billionaires. This modest German Turkish couple doesn't own a car." by Loveday Morris.

Article: "Angela Merkel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is set to be one of the most lucrative drugs in the world" by Annalisa Merelli.

Article: "Germany's Merkel to Visit Biden at White House on July 15" by Reuters.

Site: Rethink Trade.

Article: "Wall Street Crash of 1929" by Wikipedia.

Site: "The Equality Trust".

Site: Danny Dorling.

Article: "Whites to become minority in U.S. by 2050" by Reuters.

Article: "Judicial dissolution" (corporate death penalty) by Wikipedia.

Article: "It's Time to Bring Back the Corporate Death Penalty" by Thom Hartmann.

Excerpt: "Unequal Protection From Risk" (chartermongering) by Thom Hartmann.

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