The Harvard study found that people without health insurance had a 40 percent higher risk of death than those with private health insurance — as a result of being unable to obtain necessary medical care. The risk appears to have increased since 1993, when a similar study found the risk of death was 25 percent greater for the
The piece includes a link to a PDF of the study.
I have a label for Republicans in Congress blocking Obama's health care reform: DEATH PANELS.