Fran Quigley
Fran Quigley is the editor of Faith in Healthcare and director of the Health and Human Rights Clinic at Indiana University McKinney School of Law.
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Views Friday, October 30, 2020 The Socialist Preacher Andrew Wilkes’ epiphany had been coming for a long time. When he was only 15 years old, and multiple knee injuries derailed his hopes for an NBA career, he began contemplating a life in the pulpit. After several months of study and prayer, in the midst of a worship service at Zion Hill Baptist... Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 03, 2020 Medicare for All Advocate Finds Universal Healthcare Mandates in Islam Believe it or not, election night in November 2016 gave Hebah Kassem hope for progressive political change in our country. Of course, that was the night Donald Trump was elected president, even carrying Kassem’s home state of Michigan in the process. But the results were not all tragic. Kassem had... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 02, 2020 "Break Glass in Case of Emergency": We Must Break Pharma Monopolies to Lower Drug Prices Imagine that a fire has started in your house. The builders of the house were wise enough to place a fire extinguisher within easy reach, in one of those glass-doored cases that says, “Break Glass in Case of Emergency.” A hammer is sitting right on top of the box. Now imagine that you look at the... Read more |
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Views Thursday, August 20, 2020 Reclaim Public Medicine for Public Health Far too many people have suffered and died because our medicines and medical products system was not prepared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic with prompt and universal access to reliable tests, treatments, and vaccines. Governments, non-profits, and industry in the U.S. and around the world are... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 24, 2020 "Every Healthcare Worker Is at Risk": A Physician Speaks Out on the Protective Equipment Shortage Last week, Dr. Amy Hale’s schedule treating patients in the Columbus, Indiana Regional Health system included two shifts in special clinics set up to examine and treat persons with upper respiratory problems that could indicate infection with the COVID-19 virus. On Friday, she had a break from... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 16, 2020 The Coronavirus Shows It is Time to Remove the For-Profit Infection from U.S. Health Care Last week, I listened as several Indiana workers in the hospitality industry gathered in southeastern Indiana to talk about their health. A cook in her 60s shared how she had gone months without her asthma inhalers because she couldn’t afford them. During that period, she was taken to the hospital... Read more |
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Views Sunday, November 24, 2019 How to Win the Holiday Healthcare Debate With Your Conservative Relatives We all know the scenario. The one relative we never see except for holiday family gatherings is holding forth, blasting on high volume political opinions delivered straight from Fox News. Let’s say it’s Uncle Joe at Thanksgiving dinner. He turns to you and says, “Please tell me you are not... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Removing the Profit From Our Pills: The Case for a Public Pharma System Any American who has paid the price of a patent-protected medicine knows the core flaw in the U.S. prescription drug system: our elected leaders have handed over control to profit-hungry corporations. And for-profit corporations gonna for-profit, as the kids would say. That is especially true when... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 01, 2019 'If Grandma Is on the Table, No One Will Blink at the Price': A Former Drug Company Manager Explains Industry Price-Setting Frances Leath no longer works in management for pharmaceutical industry giant Eli Lilly and Company, but she keeps tabs on the company where she spent the first 15 years of her career. She still lives in Indianapolis, home of the company headquarters. She has watched as Lilly’s dramatic increases... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 25, 2019 American Healthcare Horror Stories: An Incomplete Inventory The statistics demonstrating the scope of our nation’s healthcare crisis are appalling enough. Two of three Americans report skipping needed care each year due to cost, including not filling prescriptions or putting off doctor visits. Millions are forced to borrow money to pay medical bills ,... Read more |