If there were any justice in this world, the person who wrote this article would lose their job, come down with lupus, and then end up in the emergency room after avoiding a doctor to avoid bankruptcy. Of course, I would never wish that on anybody. But the head-up-my-ass heartlessness of some people in this country truly astounds me.

And then other people have the gall to respond with “great piece.” Have fun sleeping at night while your next-door-neighbor’s wife is dying of treatable breast cancer, folks.

Regarding the quote above:

So we shouldn’t mourn over the 3% of the estimated 46 million uninsured who are more likely to die!?! That 137,100 people!! We shouldn’t mourn over the loss of more than a hundred thousand people? Call me a bleeding heart, but I think that’s tragic.

Harvard study says different.
http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/new-study-finds-45000-deaths-annually-linked-lack-health-coverage

Are you going to believe this guy’s blog or trust the Harvard study?

If it weren’t for Medicare, I’d guess 90% of all deaths in the US would be caused by poverty, not lack of insurance. I base this on a $5000 deductible individual policy costing $9400 a year at age 62 – what would a policy cost at age 65, 70, 75? How many in the US could afford health insurance at those rates?

And the evidence for conservatives being more willing to accept responsibility and save for the future if only government didn’t steal their money is clearly lacking. As taxes have been cut and the claims of Americans becoming more conservative been stronger, the savings rates and assets as old age approaches suggest that conservatives will die poor.