Without the foregrounding of root causes, utilitarian piecemeal attempts at improvements to a weakened, degraded system are destined to failure. If decisive action is not taken against the privatizers and their enablers in government, then we are in grave danger of losing a vitally important part of what defines us as a decent society: a system in which one and all have access to quality health care.

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"Nothing less than a just global transformation... is required to ensure human well-being," researchers wrote.