Healchcare - 40% higher death risk among uninsured in US

[D_Tintagel_Demondong]

The researchers examined government health surveys from more than 9,000 people aged 17 to 64, taken from 1986-1994, and then followed up through 2000. They determined that the uninsured have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those with private health insurance as a result of being unable to obtain necessary medical care. The researchers then extrapolated the results to census data from 2005 and calculated there were 44,789 deaths associated with lack of health insurance.

45,000 Americans a year die from lack of insurance. Why would anybody want this travesty to continue? The government needs to quit debating and act before more lives are lost!

Source: 45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance - CNN.com

 

[HellsKitchenmanNYC]

Some say it's b/c the uninsured wait longer to get help and then it's too late. Just a theory I heard. I don't have insurance. Luckily I rarely get sick but if I had to go to the emergency room that bill could easily put me in bankruptcy so I would prob wait too.