Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study
WASHINGTON — The number of US veterans who died in 2008 because they lacked health insurance was 14 times higher than the US military death toll in Afghanistan that year, according to a new study.
The analysis produced by two Harvard medical researchers estimates that 2,266 US military veterans under the age of 65 died in 2008 because they lacked health coverage and had reduced access to medical care.
That figure is more than 14 times higher than the 155 US troop deaths in Afghanistan in 2008, the study says.
Released as the United States commemorates fallen soldiers on Veterans Day, the study warns that even health care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) leaves many veterans without coverage.
The analysis uses census data to isolate the number of US veterans who lack both private health coverage and care offered by the VA.A sobering reminder on a day we honor and remember our brave veterans. God Bless our Veterans!
4 comments:
You print some sobering statistics which point out all the more reason to get Prez O's health care passed.
btw, I'm the other Namaste'... the liberal one!
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welcome karen! I think you would frown upon the conservative namaste and her nasty blog!
I have been trying to stay away from the Fort Hood subject. BUT !!! Since July of this year there have been 57 suicides at Fort Hood. This is not a very good day for me. I am ashamed to be an American on Veterans Day. Ever since the Nam, it has been one lie after another. May all of our Veterans find peace and serenity.
RZ, nobody is talking about all the suicides, I heard it for the first time last night. How pitiful is that!!
Please don't be ashamed, you served your country and I thank you for that. This country has let down it's veterans and men like you need to talk about it, tell the world how our vets are REALLY treated!! God Bless our veterans!
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