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...It’s a way of highlighting how unfair what goes on in our health care system is,” said Medical School Professor David U. Himmelstein, one of the study’s authors. “It’s immoral what we’re doing. Everybody should have insurance...
Professor of Medicine David U. Himmelstein, senior author of the study, said he was not surprised by the findings. “Our clinical sense was that this was going on,” he said...
...healthy than Canadians and have poorer and less accessible healthcare despite spending about twice as much on it per capita, according to a study published by three Harvard Medical School scientists last week. The authors, HMS instructor Karen E. Lasser and assistant professors Stephanie J. Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein, concluded that Americans suffer more from chronic illnesses and obesity than Canadians, are less likely to have one regular doctor, and are almost twice as likely to forego medicine they need because they cannot afford it. The authors also found that Canadians saw smaller disparities in healthcare access between immigrants...
...Himmelstein, who is also a primary care doctor at Cambridge Hospital, said that the results of the study were surprising and revealed a significant flaw in America’s health care system...
...Himmelstein said that the solution to the current health care crisis lies in providing national health insurance...