Tommy Tainant
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If the poorest Americans are selling their blood, the US is in serious trouble | Arwa Mahdawi
There is something fundamentally sickening about the US blood plasma industry. A meaningful welfare state could put a stop to such desperate measures, says Arwa Mahdawi
Here in the civilised world we donate our blood. After you have given 10 pints you are given a lapel badge.
But the deeper issue is how a profit making healthcare system sucks the humanity out of people.