Public ownership of privatized medicine

Covid-19: Public Ownership of Privatized Medicine

Dana Brown, Director of the Next System Project frames the motives of privatized medicine in a system, which values profit over people. While nations are racing to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, how can the public gain ownership of big pharma? “We’re really in a situation now where we’ve got socialized risk and privatized benefit” says Brown.

Publication date: 2020-04-04
Parent publication: Laura Flanders Show
Publication URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp26hedehSI&feature=youtu.be

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