August 08, 2019
Guns don't kill People, Socialized Medicine kills People
Timothy Birdnow
Mecical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a recent study by Johns Hopkins.
From NPR:
In 2013 there were 33,636 deaths due to injury by firearms in total in the U.S.; that includes murder, accidental deaths, mass shootings, and suicides. according to the national Research Council and the Committee on Law and Justice. Note these stats are probably high. Further note that the majority occurred in Democratic controlled cities.
So, which is more deadly?
Medical mistakes dwarf gun violence. So why are the Democrats so jacked up about banning guns? Guns are a Constitutionally protected entity, while medicine is never mentioned. Clearly, if they were concerned about the public welfare here, they would concentrate on making hospitals safer.
One way to accomplish that would be to reduce the number of people going to hospitals. How? Well, for starters, stop subsidizing them. Medical costs exploded when Medicare came on the scene, and with every new effort to "fix" our healthcare system we've made it more appealing to just show up at the hospital for treatment. Naturally mistakes will be made - especially with an overworked staff. Going back to a market-based approach is the logical solution, but the Left will not ever consider that.
They are too busy giving us gun bans and socialized medicine.
This is a problem created by the Progressives. Why look to them for solutions?
Mecical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a recent study by Johns Hopkins.
From NPR:
Based on an analysis of prior research, the Johns Hopkins study estimates that more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors. On the CDC's official list, that would rank just behind heart disease and cancer, which each took about 600,000 lives in 2014, and in front of respiratory disease, which caused about 150,000 deaths.
In 2013 there were 33,636 deaths due to injury by firearms in total in the U.S.; that includes murder, accidental deaths, mass shootings, and suicides. according to the national Research Council and the Committee on Law and Justice. Note these stats are probably high. Further note that the majority occurred in Democratic controlled cities.
So, which is more deadly?
Medical mistakes dwarf gun violence. So why are the Democrats so jacked up about banning guns? Guns are a Constitutionally protected entity, while medicine is never mentioned. Clearly, if they were concerned about the public welfare here, they would concentrate on making hospitals safer.
One way to accomplish that would be to reduce the number of people going to hospitals. How? Well, for starters, stop subsidizing them. Medical costs exploded when Medicare came on the scene, and with every new effort to "fix" our healthcare system we've made it more appealing to just show up at the hospital for treatment. Naturally mistakes will be made - especially with an overworked staff. Going back to a market-based approach is the logical solution, but the Left will not ever consider that.
They are too busy giving us gun bans and socialized medicine.
This is a problem created by the Progressives. Why look to them for solutions?
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