9) Lack of health insurance has caused 45,000 preventable deaths in the U.S. in the past year.
A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reported that 17,000 children have died due to lack of health care. You can also add in a recent report that revealed that 2,266 U.S. veterans have died in 2008 due to lack of insurance.
As the Senate continues to strip meaningful amendments from a health care bill that wouldn't even take effect until 2013, it has become clear that, despite the media hype, the health care bill is going to fall far short of meaningful reform and continue to rig the game in favor of large insurance company profits at the expense of the U.S. population.
Never before has the United States had so many citizens with so little means, little to no income and heavy debt. Debt and costs of living have now shackled U.S. citizens just as they have shackled people throughout the world. The economic hit men have now hit the United States as well and millions of American citizens are now effectively sentenced to a slow death. http://www.healthcare-now.org/harvard-study-finds-nearly-45000-excess-deaths-annually-linked-to-lack-of-health-coverage/
10) The gun and ammunition manufacturing industry in the United States has over 200 companies producing billions of dollars in annual revenues. This huge manufacturing base cannot fulfill demand quickly enough. The demand for guns and ammunition has hit a record high and the gun industry cannot produce enough bullets to keep up with orders. Americans are arming themselves to the teeth! In the past year, 100 new armed militia groups have been formed, as militia members have doubled in numbers. Federal authorities are gravely concerned about the à ‚¬Å"uptick in militia activities." One federal authority recently said, à ‚¬Å"All it's lacking is a spark.
Bottom line
We have a population of 50 million people who are now in desperate need of money, most likely have no health insurance, and can't afford to get health care or help of any kind. Part of this population probably also has loved ones who can't get life sustaining medical treatments, or loved ones who have already died due to lack of costly medical treatment. These Americans number in the hundreds of thousands and their number is, as cited above, growing at the rate of approximately 45,000 per year. The clock is ticking loud for the people facing this fate, and they are running out of options fast, and time delayed is time closer to death.
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