Get the Facts

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2012 Families USA study shows that more than 130,000 Americans died between 2005 and 2010 because of their lack of health insurance. The number of deaths due to a lack of coverage averaged three per hour and that the issue plagued every state. Other studies have shown those statistics to be high or low, but all studies agree: In America the uninsured are more likely to die than those with insurance.

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[quick_fact heading=”With Medicare for All” number=”494″ title=”billion dollars could be saved”]

Under the single-payer system created by HR 676 [the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich.], the U.S. could save over $494 billion annually by slashing the administrative waste associated with the private insurance industry ($375 billion) and reducing pharmaceutical prices to European levels ($119 billion).

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