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Harvard study: 45,000 deaths linked to lack of insurance
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by Chevalier de Pas | September 18, 2009 at 03:53 am
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I would not be surprised to see numbers like that in a third world country. How conservatives can close their eyes for this issue? This system is killing nearly 45,000 Americans each year. America cannot remain in state of denial, a big change is needed. Our health care system is costly and inefficient.
Nearly 45,000 Americans die each year due to a lack of health insurance, according to a study published on Thursday in the online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.
The study by Harvard University researchers found that uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts, up from 25 percent in 1993
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at 13:17 on September 18th, 2009
Oh my.
If a "study" done on the effects of tobacco were funded by the tobacco industry, would anyone pay attention to it? So, please, someone tell me why anybody should ascribe to these "statistics"?