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[–] Anticorp 129 points 6 days ago (9 children)

More Americans die every year because of lack of access to medical care than from all of our wars combined.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Can I get a source on this? This sounds like a wild figure!

EDIT: Read the below comments. Wether it's true or not... Still an unacceptable amount of preventable deaths. We have to do better.

[–] Dkarma 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

3000 a day from heart disease

[–] MehBlah 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Actual research finds that annual “deaths caused due to lack of insurance” is around 40-50 thousand

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