Lack of Health Insurance is Not a Terminal Condition

The Mississippi Health Advocacy Program made this claim in a recent Tweet, "over the next 10 years, 4900 Mississippians will die as result of not having health insurance."



Lack of health insurance is not a terminal condition. No one will get a death certificate pronouncing the cause of death "Lack of Health Insurance." Injuries and illness kill people, not the lack of a premium based contract in which you pay a company in order that they will pay certain bills if necessary. Getting health insurance alone does not change behavior, life style, genetics, or life choices.

And the other side of the coin is every Mississippian, EVERY Mississippian who does have health insurance, will still die.