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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:18 PM
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Millions With Chronic Disease Get Little to No Treatment
August 5, 2008
NY Times

By REED ABELSON

Millions of Americans with chronic disease like diabetes or high blood pressure are not getting adequate treatment because they are among the nation’s growing ranks of uninsured.

That is the central finding of a new study to be published Tuesday in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

The study, the first detailed look at the health of the uninsured, estimates that about one of every three working-age adults without insurance in the United States has received a diagnosis of a chronic illness. Many of these people are forgoing doctors’ visits or relying on emergency rooms for their medical care, the study said.

The report, based on an analysis of government health surveys of adults ages 18 to 64 years old, estimated that about 11 million of the 36 million people without insurance in 2004 — the latest year of the study — had received a chronic-condition diagnosis.

“These are people who, with modern therapies, can be kept out of trouble,” said Dr. Andrew P. Wilper, the study’s lead author. Therapies for someone with diabetes and hypertension “are routine and widely available, if you have insurance,” said Dr. Wilper, a medical instructor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:24 PM
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1. appalling, isn't it? nt
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Peregrine Took Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:29 PM
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2. Only industrialized nation without national health care. What a disgrace.
And the freepers disparage "cradle to grave" coverage.

I wonder how many of them don't have insurance?

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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:32 PM
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3. i think part of the problem are
some people with insurance. their attitude is "i've got mine -- why should i worry about anyone else"?
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shireen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:47 PM
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5. a culture of selfishness ...
something I've always associated with Republicans.

Really ... what's the first word you associate with "Republican"?
For me, it's "selfish".
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:00 PM
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6. exactly.
i know a conservative christian who hates social programs. he also does not like paying taxes. he says "if 10% is good enough for god, it should be good enough for the government". i'm sure he cheats on his taxes to make sure he doesn't pay more than 10%.
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shireen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:45 PM
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4. outrageous doesn't begin to describe it.
i live with chronic illness, and it's frustrating and difficult enough to deal with it while getting excellent medical care thanks to the generous insurance at my workplace. I don't think I'd survive without medical care. Extrapolate that to the millions, and realize that MILLIONS more have DIED because they had no insurance to manage their chronic illness. These conservatives claim that life is precious, yet do nothing to back up those sentiments. I hate them.
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