On May 4, 7:26=A0pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetrem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> His film was about the problems of health care for *insured*
> Americans.
It was??
From:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/checkup/
'SiCKO' Factual Backup
SiCKO: There are nearly 50 million Americans without health
insurance.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually re****ted that
54.5 million people were uninsured for at least part of the year.
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the
National Health Interview Survey, 2006. Centers for Disease Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur200706.pdf
The amount of uninsured is rising every year, as premiums continue to
skyrocket and wages stagnate. From 2004 to 2005 the number of
uninsured rose 1.3 million, and rose up nearly 6 million from
2001-2005. Leighton Ku, "Census Revises Estimates Of The Number Of
Uninsured People," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 5,
2007 http://www.cbpp.org/4-5-07health.htm.
With 44.8 uninsured in
2005, in 2007 the number will be much higher. Professors Todd Gilmer
and Richard Kronick, in "It's The Premiums, Stupid: Projections Of The
Uninsured Through 2013," Health Affairs, 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.143,
"project that the number of non-elderly uninsured Americans will grow
from forty-five million in 2003 to fifty-six million by 2013."
According to these authors, by now the number of non-elderly uninsured
by this date clearly would be nearly 50 million.
SiCKO: 18,000 Americans will die this year simply because they're
uninsured.
According to the Institute of Medicine, "lack of health insurance
causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths every year in the United
States. Although America leads the world in spending on health care,
it is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not ensure
that all citizens have coverage." Insuring America's Health:
Principles and Recommendations, Institute of Medicine, January 2004.
http://www.iom.edu/?id=3D19175
Tell me again about how big and tolerant that tent is, and how
reactionary I am...
I agree with you on 90% of Bush. I sup****t and have encouraged a full
blown criminal investigation into his activities as soon as he's out
of office by writing to my congresscritters. I did NOT vote for him
for re-election. I am relentless in my criticism of him, and his
people.
This is not enough for you. Now I'm horrendous because I refused to
compromise my core beliefs for the small difference between where I am
on Bush and where you are.
Bill C
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