Dying Too Young for Lack of Coverage

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This misguided article is like so many others. We are not dying from lack of insurance. We are dying from lack of affordable health care.
You see how well we are all brainwashed?
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Freelancerighter of CA 9:43PM June 29, 2008

Before presumming or pre-judging that people may have unhealthy lifestyles, why not first, click on the links and read more of the article, which contains more of the details? Yes it is a summary of the overall study, but there is some details that might explain some of the findings.
For example:
Uninsured adults are more likely to be diagnosed with a disease in an advanced stage. For example, uninsured women are substantially more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer than women with private insurance.
MO
So, imagine if you were unemployed, or between jobs and faced with the choice of paying for rent, or going to the doctor without insurance for annual tests. Then add in, a single mom, divorced with 2 kids and a dad that refuses to pay his child support. Yeah, that is an unhealthy lifestyle - but not one that most would choose.

DeWilson of MO 1:44PM April 09, 2008

The article is about the fact that thousands of people are dying each year in the wealthiest nation in the world, because they do not have adequate health coverage. This is shameful and unnecessary. If we want to call ourselves humane and just we all have to take the responsibility of providing basic care to our neighbors and fellow citizens.

of NY 1:15PM April 09, 2008

Maybe the one's who don't have health insurance have a tendency to engage in unhealthy lifestyles!
The fact that they do not have health insurance is hardly definitive in determining their cause of bad health outcomes.

al lindner of WA 10:47AM April 09, 2008