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6 October
10:38 pm

government-run health care has led to avoidable deaths, sixteen thousand in England alone

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Susan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

10:38 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figure of 16,000 avoidable deaths in England attributed to government health care — a significant and verifiable (or disputed) claim used to argue against single-payer systems
What we foundA real figure of roughly 16,000 deaths exists, but it refers specifically to deaths associated with prolonged A&E waiting times, not to 'government-run health care' as a whole causing avoidable deaths — and the RCEM itself attributes the crisis to underfunding rather than government ownership of health care.
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