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Welcome to In the Heart of the Health Care Hustle

 

Have you ever gotten caught in the "health care hustle"? Have you experienced long waits in an emergency room or high bills that weren't covered by insurance? Have you gotten pinched in the "hustle" of hospitals, insurance companies, major drug companies or anyone else out to make a buck?

 

Share your story and read the stories of other Working America members today. Learn more about the health care hustlers: big pharmaceutical companies, the insurance lobby, trade associations—anyone who thinks the sound of health care is "cha-ching"! You can also take action to stop a health care hustle today.

 

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Take Action on the Health Care Hustlers

 

angry crowdWho wins in this health care hustle? Take a peek at the industries getting the big bucks from our broken health care system:


• Greedy Corporations
• Big Pharma
• The Insurance Industry
• Bush & Co.