Comments on: Study: 45,000 Uninsured Die a Year
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- What would have helped in this article was stats on the ages/diagnosis of the uninsured individuals. It is embarrassing that the USA is somewhere in the 20's for infant mortality throughout the world. Meaning a minimum of 20 other countries have better infant mortality rates than us. I haven't had insurance for almost 4 years. I had chest pains and fainting about 2 years ago and refused to go to the emergency room because I feared the bill and the collections that came later, more so than my own death. I am only 45. I guess as long as all those uninsured are nameless, ageless, conditionless...it is hard to really understand how sad the situation in the US is.
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- I just wanted to point out that most doctors and other health-care providers have a rather selfish motive to support any healthcare reform that insures more people. People without insurance do not seek medical care as much as those of us who do for obvious reasons. That means healthcare providers are losing income. The more people who are insured, the more people will seek medical care. Voila: doctors and other healthcare providers make more money.
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- "The Harvard study says nearly 45,000 American deaths every year are linked to a lack of insurance." Neither she, nor reporter Jim Axelrod, noted that the report was really produced by Physicians for a National Health Program, "the only national physician organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to implementing a single-payer national health program."
I'm sure Ms. Couric and Mr. Axlerod will want to disclose the true sponsor of this study and their agenda. - Reply to this comment
- "We found that 45,000 Americans are dying annually, due to lack of health insurance," said Dr. Steffie Woolhandler.
To the effing IDIOTS who try to compare how many die with insurance to those who die without insurance, as if it were relevent: CAN ANY OF YOU READ (or even think)?? The article says 45000 die BECAUSE they lack insurance and therefore don't get the treatment they need!!! It DOES NOT have anything to do with the total number of people who die every year! (other than the fact that this number is a subset of the total) People die from many different causes. This says the cause of death for 45000 people in this country, every single year, is that they don't have health insurance so they can't get health care until it is too late, and then they die.
Republicans WANT those 45,000 people to die, rather than do anything that might cut into the HUGE PROFITS of the insurance con-men and the multi-multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses of their CEOs. A big eff yew to all repukes! I hope YOU are next.
Personally, I say "skrew the insurance companies". What we really need is UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. Health care is a RIGHT, not a "privilege". Every other country in the world understands this. If the people of a nation are sick, the nation is sick.
But we can't have universal health care because the repukes think it's "socialism" and they whine and complain and obstruct. So, the closest we can come to actual health care for all the people is publicly subsidised health insurance for those who don't have anything else. And the repukes still whine and complain about that!
God has dammmmmed you all to hell for the suffering you bastwads are creating, and our country is needless suffering because we allow you to obstruct the will of the vast majority of people. - Reply to this comment
- This is really sad. I'm glad I live in Canada.
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- Our present system kills people in a lot more ways than dying from lack of insurance. The reliance of doctors on old fashion paper files also contributes when handwriting is misread or files aren't shared. One aspect of the bill is making files electronic. This will save lives also.
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- "We found that 45,000 Americans are dying annually, due to lack of health insurance," said Dr. Steffie Woolhandler.
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And the repubs say "so what"? - Reply to this comment
- Study: 45,000 Uninsured Die a Year ..... In Hospital Deaths from Medical Errors at 195,000 per Year USA. The Choice should be yours!
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- Many of these people de do so because of their own stupidity in not seeking medical care or not trying to live as healthy a lifestyle as possible, including not smoking, drinking or doing drugs. Those without insurance, can easily go to free clinics or apply for Medicaid. There's plenty available for people who make the effort to get involved and first take responsibility for themselves, instead of expecting others, like the government, to do everything for them.
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- Congress should be questioning other members of Congress on why they are taking large sums of money from the insurance companies, then killing health care bills that would be better for us than what Max Baucus is offering. Congress needs to realize that we are all not as dumb as a Glen Beck follower.
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