Sep 6, 2013 ... "We have 45000 people in this country who are dying each year because they  don't have health coverage," Grayson said. "The Affordable Care ... "Lack of  health insurance is associated with as many as 44,789 deaths in the United  States, more than those caused by kidney disease." The figure received a ...
Dec 11, 2016 ... In 2009, during the run-up to the passage of a health care reform bill, Rep. Bill  Pascrell (N-NJ) claimed on the House Floor that “as many as 22,000 Americans  die each year because they don't have health insurance.” A few months later,  prior to the Senate vote on what became the Affordable Care Act ...
May 8, 2017 ... Labrador. "Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care." ....  Because of varied results from academic papers, we have struggled since 2009  about how to rate claims that a specific number of people die every year because  they were uninsured -- a common talking point for Democrats.
Sep 24, 2009 ... A new study from researchers with the Harvard Medical School found that 45,000  deaths a year can be attributed to the lack of health insurance. ... Uninsured  Americans frequently delay or forgo doctors' visits, prescription medications, and  other effective treatments, even when they have serious disease or ...
Sep 17, 2009 ... Nearly 45000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance,  according to a new study published online today by the American Journal of ... “ 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 ...
As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance.