New Study Finds 45,000 Uninsured Americans Die Every Year from No Health Care- 1/2

As Baucus Unveils Health Plan Absent of Public Option, New Study Finds 45,000 Uninsured Die Every Year
A long-awaited healthcare bill from Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus includes no public option and would require almost all Americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. This comes as a new study finds that nearly 45,000 Americans die every year due to lack of health insurance. We speak with the studys co-author, Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, a professor of medicine at Harvard University, primary care physician, and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. [includes rush transcript]

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[axelasdf]

DUE TO LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE? BS. They died because they were sick. If I were about to die, I'd drop my insurance too.

[freepatriot1776]

oh and the insurance companies are the ones who lobbied for this crap.

[freepatriot1776]

pay a penalty for not going along with their draconian plan. i guess ill be a felon cause i will not comply..kiss my a%$ government

[sunday1950]

what a bunch of crap.

[lmn8bush]

And yet the people who are against health care for all ask , " Am I my brothers keeper ? "

[btigtime2]

How could this be? These people would have lived had they had health insurance? People do die insurance or not.

Comparing the US with Canada and parts of Europe is just plain wrong. They do not have near the population nor the debt the US has now. Completely Retarded Arguments.

[odin422]

300 people die a day in the US alone from the common cold......does that STOP LIFE?

DO I NEED TO BE RULED BECAUSE OF IT?

[librexpresion]

moron

[odin422]

so what?