Saving American Healthcare
A President Putting American Patients First
Sarju Bharucha, JD, Editor-in-Chief 
​“No dream is too big.
No challenge is too great.
Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach,” 
President Donald John Trump
         It is with this passion and drive that our President’s actions of Putting American Patients First is yielding significant improvements to healthcare for the American people. It is for these promises made and for these promises kept to the American people that we honor President Trump as our 2018 SafeCare Person of the Year – and yes, for the second year in a row!
          In Saving American Healthcare – A President Putting American Patients First, SafeCare magazine examines President Trump's 2018 accomplishments which included:
  • Alleviating Obamacare Woes,
  • Delivering on Veterans Care Outside of VA,
  • Defending US Against Bioterrorism Threats,
  • Dropping Prescription Drug Prices,
  • Fighting The Opioid Epidemic,
  • Funding Children’s Healthcare,
  • Fulfilling Terminal Patients Right to Try Promise,
  • Protecting Precious Human Lives,
  • Simplifying Documentation for Doctors,
  • Supporting Healthcare for Rural Americans!​           
Saving American Healthcare
A President Putting American Patients First
​​​Year after year, businessmen, hospital administrators and other fat cats talk about improving healthcare for the American people. Year after year, the only improvements we see are the enhancement of their personal portfolios, salaries, and benefits. Also, the all-talk, do-nothing politicians pledge the healthcare Promise Land to the American people if they get elected. But once they reach the nation’s Capital, they catch the “enrich themselves” bug, forget the healthcare promises, and begin reaping the rewards of government on the backs of working Americans. Not so for our 2018 Person of the Year. He defies the gloom and doom naysayers by delivering over and over again for American patients.
2018 SafeCare Magazine Person of the Year
The Other 9 Finalists
​​​Jeff Bezos – Amazon (Venture addressing healthcare cost); Tianqiao Chen & Chrissy Lou - Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (Brain-machine interface); Marc Benioff – Salesforce (IT to address healthcare cost); Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD – Cleveland Clinic (Putting Patients First priority); Jaime Dimon – JPMorgan Chase (Venture addressing healthcare cost); Ken Langone - Invemed (NYU grant to address physician shortage); Mark & Pricilla Chan Zuckerberg, MD – Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (IDseq- Infectious Disease sequencing hypothesis); Masayoshi Son – SoftBank (AI doctor to increase doctors' consultation efficiency); Sobhi Batterjee – Saudi German Hospitals Group (Addressing healthcare access in MENA).
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