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U.S. doctors demoralized by nation's health system

STORY: U.S. doctors demoralized by nation's health system DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "American physicians are now increasingly suffering from demoralization, which is not a reaction to a medical condition, but rather to the diseased systems they work for. 'For decades, at least tens of thousands of preventable deaths have occurred each year because health care here is so expensive,' said an article published on The New York Times on Feb. 5. The United States is the only large high-income nation that doesn't provide universal health care to its citizens. Instead, it maintains a lucrative system of for-profit medicine. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of this policy choice have intensified. One study estimates at least 338,000 COVID deaths in this country could have been prevented by universal health care. In the wake o

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw, Waldemar Zurek

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Thousand robes march in Warsaw

Thousand robes march that took place on January 11 2020 in Warsaw gathered, among others judges protesting against the judicary reform, in particular the disciplinary act on judges. Several dozen supporters of the reform chanted slogans or carried banners ridiculing the demoralization of the Polish judicial system. (CTK Photo/Grzegorz Klatka)