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Friday, September 18, 2009

GOP Rep. Laughs Off 14,000 Americans Losing Health Insurance Every Day

The Wanker is from Georgia, what else would you expect, just keep wanking the shills chains, boy.

45,000 DEATHS LINKED TO LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE

Doctor: "We're Losing More Americans Every Day Because Of Inaction ... Than Drunk Driving And Homicide Combined"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis released on Thursday.
"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.
Overall, researchers said American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage.
The findings come amid a fierce debate over Democrats' efforts to reform the nation's $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare industry by expanding coverage and reducing healthcare costs.
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