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"The National Academy of Sciences estimates that 18,000 adults die each year [in the USA] because they are uninsured and cannot get proper care."
http://nytimes.com/2005/05/29/national/29insure.html?hp&ex=1117339200&en=4ee7fc0aa141bf73&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Since the main argument against universal health care is that the government will invariably screw it up and leave people worse off than before, and that people in countries with universal health care are actually more poorly served than we are due to the inefficiency of government... does anyone happen to know where I'd find similar studies for other non-Third World countries? For instance, estimates of how many people die per year due to delays in care caused by rationing, being on a waiting list, etc?
http://nytimes.com/2005/05/29/national/29insure.html?hp&ex=1117339200&en=4ee7fc0aa141bf73&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Since the main argument against universal health care is that the government will invariably screw it up and leave people worse off than before, and that people in countries with universal health care are actually more poorly served than we are due to the inefficiency of government... does anyone happen to know where I'd find similar studies for other non-Third World countries? For instance, estimates of how many people die per year due to delays in care caused by rationing, being on a waiting list, etc?