How Many People Die From Lack of Health Insurance?

The Atlantic ^ | 02/11/2010 | Megan McCardle

[WKUHilltopper]

How many die because they don’t have a choice (the one’s being murdered) in abortion?

[a fool in paradise]

How much of the cost of medicare/medicaid is picked up in medical costs by privately insured or selfpay consumers?

[massgopguy]

“I died from lack of health insurance and I wasn’t even sick” - Joe Strobajincoskow

[a fool in paradise]

They want punitive rates for those who engage in unhealthy practices like smoking, drinking alcohol, drinking soft drinks, obesity, etc. but those who engage in homosexual promiscuity see no insurance rate hike and our local governments give out free needles to heroin addicts.

[rhombus]

A bum dies in the street. Did he die because was uninsured? Did he die because of alcohol/drug abuse? Did he die because of a lack of adequate housing? Or did he die because he took no personal responsibility?

[SeekAndFind]

How many are bankrupted by medical costs, even with insurance?

Don't know the answer to that, but we ought to ask outselves this question and determine whether we, as a society ought to do something about it or just leave it at that. Canadians for instance, have decided that society at large should chip in money to prevent bankrupcy when someone gets sick. I'm not sure what the conserative answer is. I suspect it will be --- individuals should help them, not taxpayers.

[bolobaby]

“How many people die from being unemployed ?”

“How many die with health insurance?”

Two brilliant responses.

The truth is, NO ONE dies from lack of health insurance. They die from a disease or injury.

[a fool in paradise]

There’s an old blues musician in Houston who’s in his 80s now. He had never been to a doctor in his life until recently when he had fluid in his lungs (if I recall).

[SeekAndFind]

A bum dies in the street. Did he die because was uninsured? Did he die because of alcohol/drug abuse? Did he die because of a lack of adequate housing? Or did he die because he took no personal responsibility?

The issue is not the bum. The issue is the hardworking family that's trying its darn best to make ends meet but still cannot afford to pay for healthcare if and when someone gets horribly sick. Let's talk about that first before we worry about the irresponsible bum.

[SeekAndFind]

The truth is, NO ONE dies from lack of health insurance. They die from a disease or injury.

But would they have lived had they been provided, Danny Williams-like care ?

[a fool in paradise]

Life is a terminal disease.

[Woebama]

How many had better access to medical care in the United States before the government became so heavily involved in the market?

[HerrBlucher]

Yup. And how many people die under socialized medicine where supposedly everyone gets health care?

Socialized medicine will not save lives, it just redistributes death.

[kcvl]

How many people are flatly refused medical care?

NONE!

Especially, since it's illegal.

[goldstategop]

If there is such a fierce moral urgency to insure these people, why does the Left want to wait four more years to cover them?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[a fool in paradise]

Tort reform is noticeably absent from the Democrats’ health reform bill. Trial lawyers are among the biggest donors to the DNC (they are the top donors in the state of Texas).

[a fool in paradise]

Shhhh! You’re some kind of Healther!

[JennysCool]

There wasn’t this wild clamor over health insurance until employers started offering it to their employees as a benefit. That fostered jealousy from those whose employers either didn’t offer insurance, or offered less than they were receiving. In short, it’s not really about health at all, but about, “HER health care is better than MY health care! Everyone should be equal! Waaaaaaa!”

The liberals — as is their custom — took advantage of this plaintive wailing from the “underinsured,” not to improve health care, but to have more control over our lives.

The lesson: Every time someone gripes about anything, the liberals see an opportunity.

[ully2]

It is an absolute certainty that all those people will die.
(eventually)

[a fool in paradise]

Tell me, under socialized medicine, is there any nation in the world where the doctors routinely make house calls?