Longtime Republicans torn between party loyalty and Obamacare

[huntinman]

from CNN Health:

"A national health care consumer advocacy group estimates that three Americans die every hour as a result of not having health insurance.

According to "Dying for Coverage," the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each month, due to lack of health insurance."

--Susan

Damn, I'm going into the funeral home business...

[ARay11]

Info RE: Families USA (the national health care consumer advocacy group doing the estimating)

http://www.24thstate.com/2010/07/fam...ting-seiu.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families_USA

not exactly non partisan or unbiased.

**all things with a grain of salt**

[BonMallari]

You are fortunate that you are healthy and don't have to worry about this. But there are many parents with sick kids that have a hard time with this issue. Would you prefer that they just let thier kids die? Oh well not your problem? Bad health is not always something that one can plan for.

the cold hard truth is that its not my problem, just like my family's health is not your problem...I am a parent but I do not expect anyone else to pick up the tab if a catastrophic illness were to occur

We cant save the world..sooner or later each person has to be accountable for themselves and their own family

[HPL]

from CNN Health:

"A national health care consumer advocacy group estimates that three Americans die every hour as a result of not having health insurance.

According to "Dying for Coverage," the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each month, due to lack of health insurance."

--Susan

Two "minor" things here: 1. they are talking about estimates without anything as to margin of error, etc., and 2. I'd like to see how they came up with those "estimates". With the data readily available to me, I would estimate that no one dies from lack of insurance coverage (that's coming up with that estimate using data about the circle of folks in my family and others with whom I associate (probably not a very representative sample)), and for all we know their estimate may be just a statistically flawed.

[achiro]

So what you are saying is that Romneys "47%" is a low estimate? More and more people wanting their government to take care of them. Here's my issue with all of it. In Utopia we would all be taken care of and all of our needs would be met. The problem is that this isn't Utopia and somebody has to pay for it. So the choice really is, do we want more of our money going to the gubment for them to decide how it's doled out or do we want to keep our money and decide for ourselves? I think it's better long term for our economy if the government stays out of most of it.

[M&K's Retrievers]

from CNN Health:

"A national health care consumer advocacy group estimates that three Americans die every hour as a result of not having health insurance.

According to "Dying for Coverage," the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each month, due to lack of health insurance."

--Susan

Interesting. Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU, is on the board of directors of Families USA. Imagine that.

[Marvin S]

Interesting. Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU, is on the board of directors of Families USA. Imagine that.

[HPL]

So what you are saying is that Romneys "47%" is a low estimate? More and more people wanting their government to take care of them. Here's my issue with all of it. In Utopia we would all be taken care of and all of our needs would be met. The problem is that this isn't Utopia and somebody has to pay for it. So the choice really is, do we want more of our money going to the gubment for them to decide how it's doled out or do we want to keep our money and decide for ourselves? I think it's better long term for our economy if the government stays out of most of it.

To whom are you responding?

[PamK]

How about from Harvard:
Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis.
Overall, researchers said American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage.

[Marvin S]

How about from Harvard:
Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis.
Overall, researchers said American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage.

Pam - are you a bleeding heart? If you don't have something in place @ 64, whose fault is that? Certainly not those who made wiser choices .