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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (14244)	3/9/2010 6:02:07 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I haven't reviewed the detail of this study but at least it recognizes the need to link the lack of insurance with the death before suggesting cause and effect whereas the other one was oblivious to that link. I have not either...in either case its author still is a strong supporter of insurance for everyone. On one key point, the Institute of Medicine and Kronick actually aren't that far apart. Kronick said he doesn't doubt that individuals' health suffers when they're uninsured — he just hasn't found evidence that they die sooner. "No one would choose not to have insurance if they could afford it," Kronick said. "There's no benefit to having 47 million Americans uninsured." Al