Study links 45,000 U.S. deaths to lack of insurance

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.