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45,000 Americans die every year because of lack of health insurance.

A study published online today estimates that nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an 2002 estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The new study, “Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S. Adults,” appears in today’s online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.

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That 45 thou a day is a symptom of the disease eating up this country. Did you know we are the only country that has employer based health insurance? Can someone tell me why?
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306867 tn?1299249709
The death panel theory doesn't hold water.  Actually, the fact is we already have death panels here in the U.S., but they are controlled by the health insurance companies.
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The NHS is The United Kingdoms Health Care System.
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There is popular support for the NHS.[115] The Healthcare Commission also undertakes regular surveys of patients' opinions of the NHS. In its most recent survey (2007), the experience of hospitals in England was rated by inpatients as follows: excellent (42%), very good (35%), good(14%), fair (6%) and poor (2%).
In an international comparative study of the health care systems in six countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the United States), the British health care system was ranked in first place for quality of care. It also gained first rank position for equity and efficiency and a top place ranking for performance overall.
In the United States, A 2008 survey of doctors, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, shows that physicians support universal health care and national health insurance by almost 2 to 1.
The United States is rates 37th in quality of Health care.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_system
Or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialized_health_care
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306867 tn?1299249709
I can only imagine this number is going to increase significantly in the next few years. I just heard this morning that a California insurance co. is raising rates by 39%.  Can't remember the name.

This also doesn't include the people that have health insurance and are cancelled while sick.
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