Phredicles
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Tue Jul-10-07 09:06 PM
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| How many health care-related bankruptcies are there in Canada, |
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or the UK, or France? And on the other hand, how many are there in the US?
I'm a little surprised this isn't more of a talking point. Michael Moore estimates 18,000 deaths per year due to a lack of health insurance. But a lot up people just end up financially crippled.
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| supernova
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Tue Jul-10-07 09:07 PM
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| 1. Healthcare defaults are the no #1 cause of |
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Tue Jul-10-07 09:08 PM
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| 2. Which, in turn, isn't good for the economy in general... |
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Amazing how that works...
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| aquart
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Tue Jul-10-07 09:12 PM
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| 3. That would be none, right? |
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Tue Jul-10-07 09:13 PM
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| 4. He doesn't estimate it. It's a statistic put out by I believe The |
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Edited on Tue Jul-10-07 09:30 PM by Cleita
National Academy of Sciences if I remember correctly. On edit: Here's a link I found that might help as to where he got this stat or estimate. http://www.oncology-times.com/pt/re/oncotimes/pdfhandler.00130989-200702250-00022.pdfIt takes a couple of minutes to load |
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