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Tens of thousands die in the US due to lack of health insurance
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By Naomi Spencer
25 June 2012
Some 26,100 working age Americans died prematurely in 2010 as a consequence of being uninsured, a new study from liberal think tank Families USA estimates.
Using methodology established by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Families USA calculated that between 2005 and 2010, the number of uninsured people aged 25-64 who died prematurely rose from 20,350 to 26,100. The total number of deaths due to lack of health coverage over this period was estimated at 134,120.
This rate, which the study notes is likely a conservative estimate, works out to 72 deaths a day, or three every hour.
The year 2010 saw the number of uninsured Americans rise to an all-time high of nearly 50 million. Without insurance, people have little choice but to forgo needed medications and regular care, aggravating manageable or wholly preventable conditions into life threatening ones. Millions of people turn to emergency rooms as a last resort; in many cases, it is too little, too late.