Trauma patients without health insurance are much more likely to die /duh/ - criminal private medical fascism system - elimination of people for the sake of profits. TWICE as likely are patients who lack health insurance to die from car accidents and other traumatic injuries than people who belong to a health plan - even though emergency rooms are required to care for all comers regardless of ability to pay.The risk of death was 56% higher for patients covered by Medicare.
However, the risk of death was 80% higher for patients without any insurance. More than 45 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2007, and another 10 million people will join their ranks over the next decade, according to government estimates.
