Deb Richter @ The Progressive - In my 20 years of practice as a family physician, I have encountered dozens of cases where the main contributing factor to a person’s death was the lack of health insurance for most of their lives.
The lack of universal health care is a mass killer in this country.
Nearly 45,000 deaths in the United States each year are attributable to the lack of health insurance, according to a Harvard University study released in September. Read more [2].
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[1] http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4WeP1A0-ufo/SsqXyJ6KNyI/AAAAAAAAAx8/iqF6qXB7CG4/s1600-h/LakeViewCemetery_014.jpg
[2] http://maxeternity.blogspot.com/2009/10/nearly-45000-deaths-in-united-states.html