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Harvard study finds nearly 45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage

A study published online today estimates nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2002. The new study, “Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S. Adults,” appears in today’s online edition of the…