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Harvard Medical School researchers study finds that nearly 45,000 people die in the U.S. each year largely due to lack of health insurance. "We're losing more Americans every day because of inaction . . . than drunk driving and homicide combined." Dr. David Himmelstein, a co-author of the study and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard, said in an interview with Reuters.
Study links 45,000 U.S. deaths to lack of insurance
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 5:09 PM EST
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And we all know what those Righties are thinking: "Better dead than Red". Its a pity that "Red" part is implicable only in Righty fantasy land.
#1 - Mon Nov 2, 2009 5:34 PM ESTWhat is the average income of these uninsured and did they choose to take the risk to go uninsured? Don't take their freedom of choice away. If I choose not to have insurance call it investment risk.
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#2 - Mon Nov 2, 2009 5:41 PM ESTIt would be nice to see the raw data generating this assessment.
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