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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to work in healthcare. I will say this: I know this is happening. Organs are big business $$$$. This is discusting and at this point in time it's not a good idea to put your name on the donation list.

Furthermore if you think this is horrifying. Please go watch the documentary Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller, Black Market Organs. Also eye-opening.

I think a lot of people are very ignorant about what's happening in hospitals these days. The reach they have, the many, many people who look the other way each day at work. The lack of whistle blowers. The people who walk with their heads down in the hallways.[/quote]

Watching what happens to healthcare whistleblowers has changed my outlook on healthcare completely. The system tries to destroy them. I’m honestly shocked the NYT was able to even report on this. [/quote]

What happens to them? Can you give examples? [/quote]

There are several examples. I’ll give two recent ones from opposing ends of the political spectrum so you can see the treatment of whistleblowers is the same by the system.

Dr. Elizabeth Potter - advanced breast cancer reconstruction surgeon who went viral in January with her video about getting pulled out of a in-progress surgery for a denial of an overnight stay for a patient who was mid-surgery. She has posted the letters she has received from UHC online and you can judge their conduct for yourself. Recently UHC pulled her clinic from being in-network, and she is now facing financial ruin.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/doctor-who-spoke-out-against-unitedhealthcare-turns-to-gofundme-after-insurance-companies-retaliate/ar-AA1IG5vW

Dr. Eithan Haim - whistleblower who revealed that Texas Children’s Hospital was continuing to provide medicalized gender transition care to minors after the hospital had said it had stopped. The Biden DOJ charged him with four felonies (but did not dispute the underlying substance of what he said), which would have led to over a decade in prison if convicted. The Trump DOJ dropped the case very quickly after the inauguration. However, he still has significant legal bills, and obviously if Harris had won, his life probably would have been destroyed.

https://www.thefp.com/p/biden-prosecution-eithan-haim-gender-care-childrens-hospital-transitions

In both cases doctors were trying to raise alarms about gross misconduct by the system, and in both cases, the cost was and appears to be their livelihood, and possibly their freedom. I’ve deliberately picked more liberal and more conservative sources here, so you can see the unifying element is how the system quickly tries to crush any whistleblower regardless of political affiliation. You can find these stories discussed widely elsewhere as well.

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Very well written, thank you![/quote]

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