Fighting for doctors and patients
Doctors across Massachusetts see patients and care providers lacking resources while the pockets of CEOs and executives rake in millions in salaries. We’re fighting the corporatization of medicine to put patients, doctors, and clinicians back at the heart of medicine.
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Ensuring more resources are directed toward patient care and hospital operations.
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Requiring hospitals to be transparent about their financial priorities, so that more funding can go towards staffing and infrastructure.
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Supporting frontline healthcare workers by improving working conditions and reducing burnout, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Our Healthcare is at Risk
As Boston’s top hospital executives rake in millions, our hospitals are dangerously understaffed and doctors and other frontline care providers are struggling with dwindling resources.
The Problem: Corporate Greed
In Boston, hospital CEOs make as much as 192 times what the lowest paid worker earns at the hospital. We can change that.
Getting involved
Changing how healthcare is resourced and delivered in Massachusetts will take all of us: doctors, patients, community leaders, and our legislators all acting to put patients first.
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Putting patients, and those who take care of them, first will take the entire community. See our actions below and get involved!
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So MGB announced layoffs, huh? Our response: Cap the CEO’s pay!
Today, we, the resident physicians, interns and fellows employed at Mass General Brigham (MGB) and represented by CIR/SEIU, launched a video calling on the community to send a letter to their elected representatives urging them to support #PuttingPatientFirst with S.899 and H.1398 and CAP CEO pay. With this legislation, the salary of MGB’s CEO, Dr.
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At Least Half Of Administrative Spending Is Wasteful”
Of the 15-30% of spending on US health care that is consumed by administrative costs, at least half is wasteful– that is not contributing to useful patient care. Funding neither the care of patients, or the people on the front line who take care of patients.
The Role Of Administrative Waste In Excess US Health Spending
10/6/2022
Health Affairs Research Brief
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