How Many People Die Because They Lack Health Insurance?

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How many people die from lack of insurance? That’s the question that The Atlantic‘s Megan McArdle tackled in her column this month. It’s a more difficult question to answer than you might think: Though the left is fond of claiming that hundreds of thousands of people will be left to die like dogs on the street if we don’t grant them health care coverage, the truth of the matter is still under debate.

Writes McArdle:

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