How many died because of no healthcare under BUSH'S reign?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Does anyone have any statistics please? How many died per year through lack of healthcare under Bush? How many people's health (including teeth) became worse due to lack of healthcare? I'm sure if people would step back and see the evidence they would be horrified!

Can we also get rid of that doughnut hole?

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Hell ,how many died that had health coverage?

[BzaDem]

2. My question is how many will die if purported "progressives" in Congress kill universal healthcare

because the bill subsidizes people's private insurance bills instead of instituting a public option.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. the single payer is the way to go and wind down the insurance companies

insurance companies can become government controlled trusts - profit goes straight towards people's health. The drug and medical supplies industry should be capped as they charge too much.

[BzaDem]

6. Accepting single payer ONLY is the way to kill and bankrupt more people.

This is not because Single Payer, if passed, would cause this. This is because Single Payer will not pass in this Congress.

It is astounding to me how many people can't conceive of the idea that something they want (even if they really, really want it) isn't actually going to happen. I thought most people on this site were grown-ups.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. it is a process and it won't happen overnight

hospitals, doctors, drug companies and medical appliance companies charge way too much for their services. Everything is overpriced.

[mrobnoxious1]

3. how many

with private insurance have died? how many on medicare have died? Can we get some answers? Can we get these numbers back through the 40's? This could really help fight these people.

[annabanana]

4. The number I have heard is 20,000. I'm not sure

who's number it is, but it seems plausible.

[Thothmes]

8. Actually, a more pertinate question would be

How many have died becase of no healthcare since the Clinton Administration. Bush never offered up health care as a componet of his administration. Clinton on the other hand made health care a major facet of his first administration.

[Honeycombe8]

9. The same # that died under Clinton?

I mean to say that...the healthcare crisis was already well on its way during the 1990's.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. Clinton wanted to do something about it but the GOP stopped it