Comments on: Does Lack of Insurance Cause Premature Death? Probably Not.

By: Tyler Cowen Misses the Mark | Linda Gorman | NCPA

Tyler Cowen Misses the Mark | Linda Gorman | NCPA — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:31:58 +0000

[...] R&D through the NIH, and some targeted public health expenditures.” The first supposition is without any scholarly basis and the second is far from [...]

By: Abe Tienda

Abe Tienda — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:49:00 +0000

Oh my God, you mad freak! That’s remarkable post.

By: Damany I.

Damany I. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:06:35 +0000

Mulp, When you lose your job you lose your insurance right? So if we had a mechanism in place that doesn’t allow you to lose your healthcare, the number of deaths due to lack of care would be zero. For countries with a single payer system, that number is ZERO.

By: Damany I.

Damany I. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:04:25 +0000

this is absolute nonsense.

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?

By: mulp

mulp — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:13:47 +0000

So, the argument is that if you become poor because of a health condition and thus become uninsured, your death while uninsured is a consequence of being poor from going bankrupt, not from lack of adequate health insurance?

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.

By: Matters of Life and Death - Ross Douthat Blog - NYTimes.com

Matters of Life and Death - Ross Douthat Blog - NYTimes.com — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:57:57 +0000

[...] it refers to one study’s estimate of that number. Other studies, cited by Michael Cannon and John Goodman among others, suggest that the number is considerably closer to zero — or else that the link [...]

By: Michelle Malkin » Here we go again: Desperate Demcare peddlers play the Murder Card

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:32:07 +0000

[...] John Goodman at NCPA has a thorough analysis of the literature. Here’s an excerpt, but be sure to read the whole thing: Last year, a report by Families USA made the astounding claim that 6 people die every day in Florida because they are uninsured. Seven die every day in Texas, 8 in California, and 25 in New York. [...]

By: State Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Kristof’s Story: “Are We Going to Let John Die?”

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:09:31 +0000

[...] canard that there are 45,000 people (just like John!) who die every year from lack of insurance, Linda Gorman and I have dealt with that ridiculous claim [...]

By: Kristof’s Story: “Are We Going to Let John Die?” | John Goodman | NCPA

Kristof’s Story: “Are We Going to Let John Die?” | John Goodman | NCPA — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:31:33 +0000

[...] canard that there are 45,000 people (just like John!) who die every year from lack of insurance, Linda Gorman and I have dealt with that ridiculous claim [...]

By: Another Victim of Medicaid (And Employer Benefits) | www.statehousecall.org

Another Victim of Medicaid (And Employer Benefits) | www.statehousecall.org — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:21:06 +0000

[...] Nicholas D. Kristof has pretty much shoved Prof. Paul Krugman aside as the News York Times’ leading advocate of government-centered medicine. He seems deliberately not to see that government has created the problems of fragmented coverage, by using the tax code to give employers unfair advantage over employees in acquiring coverage. In today’s column, he parrots a discredited study, which asserts that 45,000 Americans die from lack of insurances (which is already debunked, along with the entire literature on “mortality due to insurance” here). [...]