Monday, September 14, 2009

NYT FINALLY does a Post about People Dying Without Healthcare, " The Body Count"


Snippet:::
"Struggling to get out the words, Mrs. Deal added: “The loss of a child is the greatest hurt anyone will ever suffer. Because of the circumstances she endured with the health care system, I lost my daughter.”

Complex arguments are being batted around in this health care debate, but the central issue isn’t technical but moral. The first question is simply this: Do we wish to be the only rich nation in the world that lets a 32-year-old woman die because she can’t get health insurance? Is that really us?"

Well..finally Someone asked if it is moral question...He does mention in the aritcle that 18,000 die per year without care, Urban Institute actually studied the rate and it was higher at 22,000. It does not matter..no one should be dying in Our Country without care....

2 comments:

AArdvarker said...

18,000! Even one dead is too many. Egads.

enigma4ever said...

yeah..

22,000 by Urban Institute Numbers-
179,000 since 2001...all dead without Healthcare...any care...

500,000 per year are fighting Cancer with Refused care or cancelled insurance....

none of this we should be proud of....