It was really a rhetorical question to show the stupidity of how many people died without health insurance.

The left makes an asinine statement that 18,000 people died because they didn't have health insurance.

You turned it around to show how many people died because they DID.

So I was just asking how many people were born because they didn't have health insurance to show how stupid the left's statement was.

Sorry, I really thought you'd get that, but thanks for the explanation...

Medicare and Social Security would have an abundance of funds if the government hadn't continually 'borrowed' from those programs. I use the word borrow loosely because to borrow infers it was paid back which we know is not the case. I can see it now, there will be committee's and subcommitte's and subsubcommittee's. Little money will reach the intended recipients as with every other government run program. One day our grandchildren will scratch their heads in amazement at how stupid we were.

Don't get me wrong, we need something done to help people pay for medical expenses, myself included, but as long as lobbyists are out there buying votes for big businesses we little people don't stand a chance. Like with every other government program this proposed health care plan will only benefit the rich. Funny how this is allowed to keeping happening over and over. We all know that the senators and congressmen who have voted for this health care program already have companies established to do the providing. It will be Blackwater revisited. How can we ever trust any government program when time after time we're betrayed? There is a better answer to the health care fiasco but our Dr's would never give up their luxurious lifestyles. In countries with socialized medicine Dr's are not making the big bucks American Dr's are. That's why we have this influx of foreign Dr's, they come here and become rich. Also the drug companies are robbing us blind. I can cross the border into Canada and get the same exact medicine for 1/10 the cost. By the same manufacturer. How is that? Why not let Canada come over and show us what we're doing wrong.

The Republicans are not offering meaningful solutions. The Republican goal is bury this bill in committee and endlessly debate the measure. They haven't proposed real solutions because they don't want to be associated with the bill in an effort to appease their power base. They know that the vocal minority support doing nothing so they are trying to appease them while offering lip service solutions to keep the moderates interested.

The Republicans have seriously erred in strategy because now a liberal only bill is going to be passed. The Republicans instead of being a partner in drafting the bill, have decided to be antagonists. But hey in 2016, Repubs will be able to say I told you so.

only 38% agree with this crap

How many people were born because they didn't have healthcare? It's probably a safe assumption that no newborn's employer provided the newborn with health insurance and since most newborns lack income, it's probably also a safe assumption that the newborn didn't pay for health insurance. So the technical answer is NONE.

How many babies were born because their parents had - or didn't have - healthcare. None. I suspect that some may have been born because their parents lacked self-control. It's possible that some babies arrived because the parents erred. At least one baby showed up because the parents wanted one (mine)! I think my parents wanted me.

let's go back to one year before medicare/medicade......and keep the gubmint outa there......then get together and come up with some constructive ideas that will provide access to dotors/nurse practioners hospitals and medicine.....

oh! one other thing!!! close the borders and deny tax payer $$$ to illegals.......

hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! I just luv my "new" meds......they make me happy.....

I e-mailed my Senators asking them to support it. The bill is not perfect but failure to fix health reform is much more dangerous to the future economy then fixing the issue. This bill addresses many of the issues. The Republicans have offered nothing meaningful to the discussion except to pander to the far right extremists and the few solutions that they have proposed (buy insurance across state lines comes to mind) are impossible to implement. While the bill will cost more than the dems promise at least they are providing meaningful solutions vs rhetoric.

How many people were BORN because they didn't have health insurance?

18,000 - The number of people who died because they didn't have health care (according to USA Today, 5/22/2002.

2,443,387 - The number of people who died in 2002 (according to the CDC)

If 18,000 of 2,443,387 died because they didn't have health care, did 2,425,387 die because they did have health care?

In the long run, we are all dead. - J. M. Keynes, 1923

This proves that its not about "Access" and "Affordability", but "POWER!".

Simple research shows we have "access and affordability" across the US. But guess which state is the most restrictive?

http://www.theconservativevent.blogspot.com/

Yeah, trust Orrin Hatch. He is the one who wants government to look into the BCS. Sounds like a true conservative who wants to use his time in office wisely.

My estimate as to how many years we have left in this country before we're literally standing in lines clutching our few dollars and hoping there's still a bag of rice and a few rolls of toilet paper once we get inside.