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October 30, 2009

Study Links Deaths of 17,000 Children to Lack of Insurance
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As the legislation was unveiled, a new study was released showing a lack
of health insurance led to the deaths of nearly 17,000 children over the
span of less than two decades. Using millions of hospital records dating
from 1988 to 2005, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
found uninsured children were 60 percent more likely to die than those
with insurance. The study’s authors say the real toll could be even
higher, because their research only covered children who were
hospitalized. The study follows last month’s findings by a Harvard
University research team that around 44,000 people die every year
because they lack health insurance.



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