> The USA suffers an estimated 200,000 annual deaths associated with lacking health insurance
Isn't this just about the advancement of medical science? I.e. Wouldn't they have died from the same causes regardless of medical insurance a few decades ago?
To take it to the extreme, let's say that I invent a new treatment that can extend any dying person's life by a year for the cost of $10M, and let's say that there is a provider that is willing to insure for that for an exorbitant cost. Then wouldn't almost every single person still dying be dying from lack of insurance?
Isn't this just about the advancement of medical science? I.e. Wouldn't they have died from the same causes regardless of medical insurance a few decades ago?
To take it to the extreme, let's say that I invent a new treatment that can extend any dying person's life by a year for the cost of $10M, and let's say that there is a provider that is willing to insure for that for an exorbitant cost. Then wouldn't almost every single person still dying be dying from lack of insurance?