Cenk Uygur
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Great Recession Caused 500K Additional Cancer Deaths
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May 28, 2016
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5:10Now PlayingThe financial collapse of 2008 was devastating to millions of Americans. We’re now learning that about five hundred thousand more people around the world died of cancer as a result of the crash. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (ThinkTank), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"“The global financial crisis may have caused an additional 500,000 cancer deaths from 2008-2010, a new study said Thursday, with patients locked out of treatment because of unemployment and healthcare cuts.
The figures were extrapolated from an observed rise in cancer deaths for every percentage increase in unemployment, and every drop in public healthcare spending.
“From our analysis we estimate that the economic crisis was associated with over 260,000 excess cancer deaths in the OECD (34-member Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) alone, between 2008-2010,” study author Mahiben Maruthappu of Imperial College London told AFP.
“This suggests that there could have been well over 500,000 excess cancer deaths worldwide during this time.””*
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