| Did you know People without health insurance are 40 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance |
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Did you know People without health insurance are 40 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance
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by dauguy  United States |
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People with health insurance are 100% likely to die regardless of their insurance.
Once again--LIKELY TO DIE--i.e., die sooner than they would have if they had been insured. Ask and actuary.
What is your point?
How many of those people COULD afford insurance but chose not to have it?
Dunno, jondough. Ya think people who can afford medical care just decide to die sooner instead?
Don't be an idiot.
If you dont plan for your future, why should I plan for your future??
How about the people who are trying to plan for their future and cannot get medical insurance? Save your contempt for the 20-29 yr old "indestructibles" who can afford it but don't bother to get it. According to my insurance guy, there are about 29 million of them.
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I dont have any problem with passing some health care reforms that will help people who cant get insurance but want it and for a few provisions that makes it harder for insurance companies to NOT pay. But my future is important to me, I am doing the best I can to plan for it and make sure I am taken care of as well as possible. Its not fair for me to be punished because a lot of people would rather spend their money on a new car or a nice apartment instead of insurance. Pass some laws to help a few pay for insurance they need....sure....Obama care for everybody...no.
Did you mean 29 million who can afford insurance but don't get it?
That's according to Bill, yeah.
I don't believe it. Unluss they are determining "afford" by calculations similar to those that show that you can "live" on minimum wage.
How about it costing more than a week's pay for a simple X-ray--assuming it didn't already cost more than you make just to pay the rent--is that 'lack of planning"
Oh, right, forgot--NOT picking parents to be born to who can afford $50K--500K for your education is lack of planning.
You are one of those types who thinks he did it all by himself. Unfortunately the problem with self-made men is the crappy materials they start with, compounded by an utter lack of skill and craftsmanship.
All people should have health care, regardless of their citizenship status, or location in the world. The UN should receive funds from all countries in order to provide truly universal health care.
Insurance only takes care of the cost. We need good doctors and nurses, too. You can have the best insurance in the world and still die easily if your doctor sucks. A lot of people, regardless having insurance or not, died or received permanent damage due to medical mistake or improper treatment, just to name a few. Health care's cost is on the rise, but quality is going down. Quality does not necessarily rise in step with more money.
No doubt about it. Look at the number of drugs withdrawn since Reagan, withdrawn because they killed people. And Big Pharma fought every inch of the way, frequently getting the FDA to relabel with stronger warnings more than once to keep them on the market until the death toll just got too expensive in terms of lawsuits.
But you'll have to dig, because there is no single list easily available.