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Letter to the Editor

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THE JOY OF PUBLICATION As gratifying as blogging is, there is something more special about seeing one's letter in a paper. This in the Dec 31-09 alibi , the hot "alternative" paper in Albuquerque:

Death In Perspective

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New estimate of how many Americans die each year because they don't have health insurance - 45,000 a year. That's up from the already staggering 18,000 we have been hearing. Since the study seems sound (Harvard researchers), I was moved to crank out a PowerPoint slide. Now that's taking action! Take a look: Sources: Afghanistan ; Iraq ; Vehicle crashes ; N o health insurance SEEMS like we should do something about that yellow bar. p.s. Want to hear a really scary death statistic? 440,000/year from smoking.