2,669 = American deaths in 9/11/2001 attacks
358,000 = American deaths since 9/11/2001 due to lack of health insurance
800,000 = American deaths since 9/11/2001 due to inferior health care
The health care status quo is an imminent threat to the U.S. and its citizens.
Today, like every day, 275 Americans will die because of the inferior level of U.S. health care relative to other industrialized nations; 122 Americans will die today due to lack of insurance.
This adds up to 101,000 deaths annually:
The U.S. might have been spared an estimated 101,000 deaths annually if its preventable death rate matched that of the top-ranked countries
DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SAVE AMERICAN LIVES
Call your Congressperson today – and every single day until health care reform is passed!
Call Congress at 877-264-HCAN
Find an event in your area:
http://www.healthcareforamericanow.org
Commit to taking part in a health care event in your area this month:
http://my.barackobama.com/...
UPDATE 18-Sep-2009:
Figures updated to reflect finding in new study that:
As many as 44,789 Americans of working age die each year because they lack health insurance
full report [pdf] here