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Death by Healthcare
By admin | December 20, 2009
Receiving free health care should be a fundamental right of every human being, not only in the United States but in the entire world. We shouldn’t be rejected from care when it comes to our health no matter where we live but of course, it’s not a perfect world.
Back to the issue of health care. A new study recently published by American Journal of Public Health reports that nearly 45,000 annual deaths are linked with lack of health insurance.
“The uninsured have a higher risk of death when compared to the privately insured, even after taking into account socioeconomics, health behaviors, and baseline health,” said lead author Andrew Wilper, M.D., who currently teaches at the University of Washington School of Medicine. “We doctors have many new ways to prevent deaths from hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease — but only if patients can get into our offices and afford their medications.”
This new figure is two and a half times higher than previous estimates done by older studies. The uninsured are less likely to get help for health issues and as a result there is a 40 percent higher risk than those who are insured.
Topics: General | 1 Comment »
June 30th, 2010 at 7:12 am
Hypertension is very common among old men and women these days.:~`