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Originally Posted by theking
I do not have any reason to question these numbers...but this does not have anything to do with what I posted. People with money or good private insurance can receive preventative medical care which in most cases will prolong life...poor people receiving some type of government assistent can receive preventative medical care. People that are somewhere in between that and have not practiced preventative care...for whatever their reasons...can and do receive medical care via ER's and County Hospitals and Charitable Hospitals...people are not dying in the streets because they cannot receive medical care and that is a fact.
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Here is something from the National Coalition for Healthcare.
http://www.nchc.org/facts/coverage.shtml
Some interesting bullet points:
-On average, the uninsured are 9 to 10 times more likely to forgo medical care because of cost and twice as likely to have medical debt.
-The uninsured are increasingly paying ?up front? -- before services will be rendered. When they are unable to pay the full medical bill in cash at the time of service, they can be turned away except in life-threatening circumstances
-Access to an emergency room for uninsured patients does not qualify as access to coordinated care. While physicians are required to stabilize patients in an emergency, they are not required to treat the condition comprehensively.