As Baucus Unveils Health Plan, New Study Finds 45,000 Uninsured Die Every Year

From Democracy Now

A long-awaited healthcare bill from Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus includes no public option and would require almost all Americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. This comes as a new study finds that nearly 45,000 Americans die every year due to lack of health insurance. We speak with the study’s co-author, Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, a professor of medicine at Harvard University, primary care physician, and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program.

2 Comments

  1. Pamela Mitchell on September 22, 2009 at 10:14 am

    This is insane!!! Why aren’t there more outrage over 45,000 innocent American people dying due to lack of healthcare.

    We must tell the Republicans and the Blue Dog Democrats to stop putting Politics before People!!!!!!

    The status quo has got to go!!!!



  2. LaDonna:Rae-Polk on September 24, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    THEIR ALL SLEEPING IN THE BED TOGETHER!!! THEIR ON C-SPANED AS I SPEAK WITH BAUCUS IDEAS AND 500 AMENDMENTS!!!!! CLOWNS!!!!

    SECURE YOUR STRAWMAN!