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Does Having Health Insurance Save Lives? Or Why The Press Is Clueless About How Healthcare Works

“Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.” – Napoleon Bonaparte A recent study from Oregon made headlines by demonstrating a decreased death rate for Medicaid patients compared to the uninsured. However, those who actually read the study were more impressed by the relatively small impact such insurance made. The perplexing…