I dont know why they dies in the first place so I cant say.
Was it lung cancer due to smoking?
Was it heart attack due to obsity and bad living habits?
Was it liver cancer due to alcohol abuse?
Overall, the researchers say, 18,314 people die in the USA each year because they lack preventive services, a timely diagnosis or appropriate care.
Among the study's findings is a comparison of the uninsured with the insured:
Uninsured people with colon or breast cancer face a 50% higher risk of death.
Uninsured trauma victims are less likely to be admitted to the hospital, receive the full range of needed services, and are 37% more likely to die of their injuries.
About 25% of adult diabetics without insurance for a year or more went without a checkup for two years. That boosts their risk of death, blindness and amputations resulting from poor circulation.
Being uninsured also magnifies the risk of death and disability for chronically sick and mentally ill patients, poor people and minorities, who disproportionately lack access to medical care, the landmark study states.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/healthcare/2002-05-22-insurance-deaths.htmWhat are you going to do?
