For the President and the Ignorami: Lack of Health Care Kills Way More People than Al-Qaeda

[Triana]

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[Delphinus]

1. Thanks, Triana,

for posting this!

[MannyGoldstein]

2. K&R nt

[wroberts189]

3. THANK YOU knr

[Mike 03]

4. FANTASTIC, this deserves to be a poster.

Kick and rec and Happy Valentine's Day.

Thank you for saying this.

[wroberts189]

5. Let me also add this....Harvard Study estimates 45,000 people a year die due to no HI...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_from_no_health_care_insurance_in_america


A Harvard Study estimates 45,000 people a year.

Although people die because they have no health insurance, a hospital cannot turn away anyone with a life threatening condition so in theory nobody should die because they do not have health insurance. However, many people choose not to see a physician because they do not have a way to pay once the treatment has been provided. However, often by the time they get to a hospital, their life threatening condition is too far advanced to be saved. Also, life saving treatment of some prescription drugs or certain medical procedures (such as dialysis or transplant operations) may not be affordable and are thus the patient is denied a life saving drug or operation.

[Triana]

24. That's incredibly - sad. In the US - it's inexcusable.

Sheesh.

[wroberts189]

26. ..indeed btw knr/nt

[NYC_SKP]

6. K & R nt

[Mike 03]

7. Hope you don't mind: I'm dumping my remaining valentines on you.

Thank you for this post.

[Triana]

23. Awww. Very sweet. Thank you Mike!

[Oceansaway]

8. K&R...n/t

[Mike 03]

9. If I could rec and kick your post until the end of time, I would.

This is the bottom line, IMO, and thank you for posting it.

[RainDog]

10. kick

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Excellent!!!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Good find. Thanks

[peacebird]

13. sad, but true k&r

[Political_Junkie]

14. K&R

nt

[pleah]

15. K&R

[Mike 03]

16. Truest words every spoken. Please keep this post kicked. This, to me, is the bottom line. NT

[earthboundmisfit]

17. Kick & Rec

Damn straight!

[Maru Kitteh]

18. k &r

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. K&R

[Junkdrawer]

20. K&R

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. But, politicians get better PR by looking "tough" than providing health care. K&R

[tpsbmam]

22. Just plain K&R....and sending it out to everyone I know! n/t

[eleny]

25. k&r

[Randall Flagg]

27. Nicely put.

K&R

[maryf]

28. The fear of terrorists is so unrealistic, the fear of being without healthcare

is the terror so many Americans live with... Thanks! K&R

[JoeyT]

29. I'd be willing to bet the death rate from lack of health care

far outstrips the deaths from illegal drugs, too.

Edited to add: On looking it up, it not only outstrips the deaths from illegal drugs, but is actually higher than drug deaths, homicide, accidental gun deaths, and suicide combined.

[me b zola]

30. K&R

[DailyGrind51]

31. But, insurance companies have a much stronger lobby!