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Uncle Joe

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12. Study: 45,000 Deaths Per Year Due to Lack of Health Insurance

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 12:47 PM

Oct 2019

A new study from the Harvard School of Medicine says that 45,000 people die every year due to a lack of health insurance, and therefore a lack of access to ongoing medical care for a wide variety of treatable conditions. This seems so obvious as to not need documenting, but studies like this are still very important.

Nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance, according to a new study published online today by the American Journal of Public Health. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2002.

The study, conducted at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, found that uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts, up from a 25 percent excess death rate found in 1993.

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https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/10/15/study-45000-deaths-per-year-due-to-lack-of-health-insurance/

Thanks for the thread guillaumeb.

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The US healthcare system can be reduced to two factors. [View all] guillaumeb Oct 2019 OP

Big 8 health insurers rake in more than $7B in Q3, setting up strong finish to 2018 guillaumeb Oct 2019 #1

America's largest health insurers in 2018 guillaumeb Oct 2019 #2

Healthcare premiums can be deducted pre-tax from your pay. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #19

Agreed. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #20

Can't afford medicare for all? discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #21

Agreed. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #22

And AOC agrees: discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #26

I say this with all sincerity. Goddamn them all. They add ZERO to health CARE. NADA! CurtEastPoint Oct 2019 #3

Agreed. Their only goal is to maximize their profits at the expense of their customers. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #4

+1 ck4829 Nov 2019 #24

healthcare will cost less without the executive mansions Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #5

That is a nice meme. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #7

DURec leftstreet Oct 2019 #6

Letting folks die to make a few extra bucks...the American way. pecosbob Oct 2019 #8

And we read some of those same arguments here. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #10

"If you can't afford our bill, don't you tell me that you're ill, JenniferJuniper Oct 2019 #9

True. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #11

Study: 45,000 Deaths Per Year Due to Lack of Health Insurance Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #12

Think about that. 45,000 deaths. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #13

Nothing but blood money and I believe too many people Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #15

And many of these people live in GOP controlled areas. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #17

I agree guillaumeb, many of them do. Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #18

Chilling ck4829 Nov 2019 #25

The average lifespan in Canada is 4 years longer than the US. roamer65 Oct 2019 #14

Yes, single payer has better health outcomes, guillaumeb Oct 2019 #16

K&R. Control and profit. ck4829 Nov 2019 #23

Agree, but who sets the price of healthcare line items? KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #27

In Canada, each province sets a budget. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #28

We don't have a healthcare "system"... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #29

And that is a reflection of the US love affair with capitalism. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #30