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drjqjarvis.bsky.social
Public health physician advocate for better, simpler health care for all, Chair-Utah Cares Political Issue Committee www.utahcares.vote
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“American health care is a mess. Everyone knows it. Something beyond politics must be done.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

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“Modern hospital management, however, has come to see the cost of nursing as a major obstacle to optimal profits. Under the guise of efficiency, fewer nurses are deployed throughout the hospital each shift.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

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“Most Americans filing bankruptcy do so because of debt due to illness and injury costs, usually debts owed by people who had health insurance at the time.”https://open.substack.com/pub/josephquinnjarvis961218/p/our-health-care-system-must-be-changed?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

“American taxpayers have been trying to give the gift of universal health care to themselves and their neighbors for 75 years. We want our neighbors to have the care they need.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

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“Only in America will people go without health care because they cannot afford it. In 2018, an estimated 429,000 Utahns were unable to get needed health care because they could not pay the out-of-pocket costs.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

@mcuban.bsky.social Help the voters in Utah reshape health care in synchrony with your vision. www.gobankingrates.com/saving-money...

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“We spend more on health care because we have a poor quality health care system that is inefficiently financed, both of which are problems which can be fixed.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

“Scott stood up at Danny’s funeral and vowed that he would look into the eyes of every elected politician all across the U.S. and tell them that they must change how we Americans do health care business.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Letting people die, or at least not supporting what they need to live, is business as usual in American health care. open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

5 things I did this week: 1 - admitted someone bc insulin prices went up and it was insulin or rent/food 2 - admitted someone bc a drug was covered in dec but insurance changed in jan and prior authorization still hasn’t gone thru so chronic condition that was well controlled now isn’t

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The “waste, fraud, and abuse” Sen. Curtis alludes to in Medicare and Medicaid are principally to be found in the business model of private health insurance. Let’s do something about that. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Are you tired of a health care system that imposes debt on the sick and injured while insurance CEOs make bank? Rise up and tear down business as usual. Donate to www.utahcares.vote. We’ll vote health insurance out in 2026 and then help you do the same. #FreeLuigi #SinglePayer

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

“A lot of taxpayer dollars can be saved by cracking down on the practices of the insurance industry — on companies like UnitedHealth Group.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Since 1975, healthcare prices in the United States have risen by 1.75 percentage points per year faster than the general rate of inflation. .in Canada, healthcare prices have risen only 0.25 percentage points above the general rate of inflation. Page 18: utahcares.vote/wp-content/u...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

@sanders.senate.gov @maddow.msnbc.com @georgetakei.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social @mackenziescott.bsky.social I invite you to use the gravitational pull of your celebrity to really strike a blow for a better America. Bring real health reform to red state Utah. Promote www.utahcares.vote

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

@bsky.app will be enshrined as the venue of the century if it becomes the means for fomenting real health system reform. No other change is more needed. www.utahcares.vote

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The solution: lower medication prices through monopsony buying power. Join the movement to save lives and protect family budgets. Donate to www.utahcares.vote

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The International Federation of Health Plans found that, for eight common drugs, the price in the United States is, on average, over three times the average price in Canada, England, or the Netherlands. Page 16: utahcares.vote/wp-content/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

“In Utah larger hospitals are able to use the greater market power that comes from size to charge higher prices. .large hospitals in urban centers charge higher prices than smaller hospitals for the same services.” Page 10: utahcares.vote/wp-content/u...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Decades ago, when I was in medical school, the focus was on patient care. Let’s turn health care back to ‘first do no harm.’ Donate to this cause at www.utahcares.vote.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Healthcare is a very simple industry made complicated. . Remove Insurance Companies From the Equation—Mark Cuban Join us with a donation: www.utahcares.vote

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment