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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 02:21 PM Mar 2012

Since the health care law that protects people with pre-existing conditions is now in peril...

...I thought I'd remind folks of something I wrote two years ago.

"According to the American Heart Association, more than 81,000,000 Americans suffer from one or more forms of cardiovascular disease.

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11,000,000 people in America currently suffer from some form of cancer.

According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million Americans currently suffer from diabetes, and the Center for Disease Control has estimated as many as half of all Americans will suffer from the disease by the year 2050, thanks to our deplorable dietary habits.

According to the National Parkinson's Foundation, between 50,000 and 60,000 new cases of Parkinson's Disease are diagnosed in America each year.

According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, some 400,000 Americans currently suffer from MS.

That's a pretty substantial portion of the population, with more being diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's and MS every day
."


Do the math, and tell your friends. It's you, too.

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