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Scott6113

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8. Isn't it nice?
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 05:18 AM
Apr 2014

Obamacare is already saving over ten thousand lives a year. Here's how I arrived at this figure. Persons who lack insurance die needlessly according to a Harvard Medical School study at the rate of 44,789 a year. Obamacare, according to a Rand.org study, has reduced the rate of uninsurance, net, from 20.5% to 15.8%. This reduces the 44k figure by about a quarter: 10,269 to be exact.
Isn't it nice to have a President who saves lives instead of ending them in needless wars or neglect of his duties? 9/11: 2,977 dead, Katrina 1,836 dead, Iraq war, 4,489 American soldiers dead.
http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/04/survey-estimates-net-gain-of-9-3-million-american-adults.html
9.3 million net increase in healthcare coverage.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/new-study-finds-45000-deaths-annually-linked-to-lack-of-health-coverage/

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