The Economic Colonization of American Health Care Supply Chain
Volume 3 | Number 4 | April 2020
Can you imagine the United States outsourcing 80-85% of our defense contracts to the lowest bidder?
And if we were to do this, would we be putting our national security and sovereignty in great jeopardy? Absolutely! This is exactly what the health care industry has done to the US!
To protect our national security and sovereignty, we as a nation have two amendments. With these two amendments in place, it’s safe to assume we are in a better position to protect ourselves from foreign aggression.
· Berry Amendment – Department of Defense gives preference to domestically produced, manufactured or home-grown products. e.g. food, clothing, and specialty metals.
· Kissell Amendment – Department of Homeland Security, when using appropriated funds directly related to national security, is required to buy textiles, clothing and footwear from domestic sources.
The events of COVID-19/CCP VIRUS crisis has exposed several threats to our national security and sovereignty via the supply chain for health care personal protective equipment (PPE), drugs and their precursors, and other medical equipment.
As a nation, we have outsourced:
· 90% of the PPE – gowns, masks, booties, gloves, and shields to China and India.
· 80-85% of IV bags are from one facility in Puerto Rico.(U.S. Territory)
· 85% of generic drugs and their substrates are from China and India.
· The US no longer can make penicillin; the last plant closed in 2004.
"Basically, we've outsourced our entire industry to China," retired Brig. Gen. John Adams told NBC News. "That is a strategic vulnerability."