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David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog 28 Dec 2012

A Briton is 5 times more likely to die from government health care than an American is to die from a gunshot. http://www.thompsons.law.co.uk/clinical-negligence/basic-errors-hospital-patients.htm …

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  1. Kay Shan ‏@KHShan 28 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog - my Brit sister-in-law lost her mother to their "do nothing" healthcare system. They let her die.

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  2. Robert ‏@ItalyRobert 28 Dec 2012

    one more reason to deport #PierceMorgan @iowahawkblog @timm2million

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  3. Timm ‏@timm2million 28 Dec 2012

    @ItalyRobert @iowahawkblog A slow boat to China.

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  4. Jason VanHalle ‏@StoopidEngineer 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog At least now we know why @piersmorgan is so angry about the petition to deport him. I'd be afraid to go home to that too!

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  5. Shelby Blakely ‏@aBeneGesserit 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog ban government health care!

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  6. Sam Johnson ‏@sjohnson301 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog how do you "die from government healthcare"?

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  7. Anuraag Chigurupati ‏@anuraagc 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog @EWErickson impt to fix basic medical errors, but misleading to attribute to UK govt. Same happens here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008263334441352.html …

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  8. Garrett Khoury ‏@MockCasbah 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog so what you're saying is that we should restrict the use of the British National Health Service in the United States?

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  9. Nathan H ‏@norm_1142 29 Dec 2012

    .@iowahawkblog the American private health care is 8 times more deadly than British NHS (by raw deaths). http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=deaths-from-avoidable-medical-error-2009-08-10 …

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  10. Ameribugger ‏@Ameribugger 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog What a ridiculous comparison! Hospitals deal with SICK PEOPLE - GUNS KILL HEALTHY PEOPLE!!!

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  11. J Avett ‏@JimmyAvett 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog hell so is a American

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  12. joe marshall ‏@JoeJosm100 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php … USA hospital deaths 16 times that for 4 times the population @EWErickson

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  13. benlgutman ‏@benlgutman 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog I'm sure an American is >>5x more likely to die from private/no health care than a Briton from a gunshot.

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  14. freeRguns ‏@freeRguns 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog can we send that tweet to @piersmorgan . I'm sure he would wet his pants in denial.

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  15. Joshua Shapiro ‏@jashapiro 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog And US, with private healthcare, has a still higher rate of medical errors: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/News/News-Releases/2005/Nov/International-Survey--U-S--Leads-in-Medical-Errors.aspx … http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008263334441352.html …

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  16. Barbara Ellis ‏@bellis1994 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog I believe that is true of Canadians as well.

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  17. Chris Gifford ‏@cgifford300 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog @EWErickson what r the # of comparable deaths in the US healthcare system? Im interested in knowing. U, prob not so much.

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  18. Len R. Small ‏@lensmall 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog

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  19. KATHY SHELL ‏@KATHYSHELL1 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog thanks david

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  20. Luna Lindsey ‏@lunalindsey 29 Dec 2012

    @iowahawkblog @fallenpegasus Take into account the limitations of the methodology used: http://tinyurl.com/c2g5rpc 

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