Health Care by the Numbers

By No Limits on 10/01/2009 @ 12:00 PM

Number of Americans who die in the United States every year for lack of good care: 44,789
Number of states where health insurers can deny coverage to survivors of domestic violence: 8 states and the District of Columbia
Number of Americans going without health insurance for at least one month between 1997 and 2006: 48%
Average family health care premium offered at work in 2009: $13,300
Average premium in 2019 if health care increases at rate of last 10 years: $30,800
Percentage of private health care plans that currently include full reproductive health coverage: 80%
Percentage that would be able to offer reproductive health care if anti-abortion amendment is adopted in health care reform: 0%
Number of women who would lose full health care coverage: Millions



Source: Harvard Medical School study published in American Journal of Public Health, 9/17/09

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