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Originally Posted by Aquila
I know you're a conservative, so I'll be merciful and give you time to do your own homework on the issue. The average was said to be roughly 50 million uninsured. And the average number of deaths among the uninsured per year was considered to be roughly 45,000 a year.
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From 2009, when job loss was at its peak (and likely the loss of insurance as well), there were thought to be approximately 46 million without insurance. Again this number is skewed as job losses likely inflated the number of uninsured.
Harvard did a study and came up with 45,000/yr deaths of uninsured. The number is disputed and most say the number is closer to 30,000/yr.
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Originally Posted by Aquila
Please note, in July of 2007, my mother was one of those 45,000 uninsured Americans who died from a condition that could have been treatable. Things might have been different if she had insurance and could have seen a specialist.
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Pardon my skepticism, but there is likely more to the story than what you've repeated in various posts.