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To: TimF who wrote (341559)	6/27/2007 9:06:18 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573901

"Your talking about the out of pocket cost of the care to those who recieve it" And the cost to the government. "not the quality of the care." Well, ok. But, there is no reason to suspect that the quality of care is poor, just the opposite. While that post is a cute one, the fact of the matter is that the US has a high infant mortality rate because of a higher percentage of low birth weight babies. There is a direct correlation between the two. In addition, the biggest factor in low birth weight babies is adequate prenatal care for the mothers. Which tends to not happen for those without health insurance. The number of births at 400 grams or so is very small, not enough to effect infant mortality to any significant extent. But, those below 2500 grams are much higher. And at a much higher mortality rate. cdc.gov And LBW correlates strongly, although not perfectly, with the socio-economic situation of the mother. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov