Oh, and by the way? Congratulations. You're ALREADY paying for that uninsured "obese alcoholic smoker who eats nothing but cheeseburgers and sits on his ass in front of the TV" because when he goes to the ER, you end up paying for his care in rising costs.
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Date: 2009-08-02 05:15 am (UTC)"Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without
Health Insurance Rise, Census Bureau Reports"
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/002484.html
"Poverty Drains Nutrition From Family Diet"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022101091.html
"Poverty and Poor Health are Intertwined"
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/29/poverty.health/index.html
"An Overview on Health Insurance Costs in America"
http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml
Oh, and by the way? Congratulations. You're ALREADY paying for that uninsured "obese alcoholic smoker who eats nothing but cheeseburgers and sits on his ass in front of the TV" because when he goes to the ER, you end up paying for his care in rising costs.
Information. It's a beautiful thing.