Sarah Louden: No one should have to beg for the chance to live
Sarah Louden, Founder and CEO of Total Health, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“A 40-year-old woman, a mom named Rachel Davies with terminal cancer had to announce her own death—not because of her illness, but because a drug that is commonly used in breast cancer in the US and other countries in Europe isn’t available in Wales.
She was forced to spend her final days fighting a system that treated her life like it was insignificant.
This isn’t just a failure—it’s a moral crisis. When people are reduced to numbers, when basic dignity is stripped away, we lose our humanity.
The recent murder of the UHC CEO is obviously not the solution, but it’s a symptom of a system that is crushing people under its weight.
The sympathy people are feeling for the murderer rather than the victim, who was also a father and husband and overall regular guy is also a symptom of people feeling hopeless and invisible.
We have to rebuild healthcare with humanity at the center. No one should have to beg for the chance to live—not a patient in Wales or a CEO in Manhattan.”
Sarah Louden is the Founder and CEO of Total Health | Oncology. She is a committed advocate for women in business and healthcare and also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Cancer Equity Project.
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