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Originally Posted by ERCougar
I would argue that healthcare reform is a political/economic issue rather than a moral one. If we were letting people die in the streets, that's a moral issue. Despite what some would have you believe, this isn't happening--or at least, we're doing our best to prevent it. Medicaid is the best emergency care insurance in the world.
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I posted the links. There have been studies that analyze the mortality rates of insured vs. uninsured. Based on these rates (and eliminating other factors), at least 18,000 Americans die each year due to lack of health insurance.
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