...where the girl said why she didn't have insurance?

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

First off... if the woman has been smart and watching House M.D., she would have immediately recognized the yellow coloring as a symptom of liver failure without the need to even go to a doctor! Of course... since that show is on Fox, she probably doesn't watch it.

How do you develop a reliable statistic that 45,000 people died because they didn't have health insurance? How do you prove something that didn't happen? And what are the number of people who died even though they did have health insurance and just didn't feel like sitting for four hours in a waiting room?

Is anyone surprised that all of these television medical correspondents (Lisa Sanders at CBS, the execrable Nancy Snyderman at NBC, Tim Johnson at ABC and Sanjay Gupta at Castro News Network) are all identically like-minded leftists like everyone else at their networks?  The fact that all of them are militant, boilerplate leftists ain't no coincidence, boys and girls.

This woman can destroy her liver without having to live through all these blasted hangovers and I'm supposed to feel sorry for her? 

Here's your handy link to the debunking of the '45,000' lie if you have lost it:

Junk Science Expert Sounds Alarm on Insurance Study: http://washingtontimes.com

For example:

"They interviewed 9,000 people between 1988 and 1994 and asked, 'Do you have health insurance?' and if you die at some point in the future, they ASSUME your death was caused by the fact you didn’t have insurance during that time you were interviewed."

This doesn't even deserve to be called a 'study', it's complete horsecrap. The people that did it should lose their jobs.

"Well, I think that, uh, she told me when I first interviewed her that she might have gone earlier if she had insurance."

But that isn't what she said.  She said she didn't think it was anything to worry about at that time.  She told you that DIRECTLY during the interview, so why do you feel the need to tell us what you think she said?

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

Um, I didn't have insurance, so...

I thought I'd just let myself turn colors and die.

While I feel bad for this person with the disease, if I start turning yellow, I go to the doctor. Even though I HAVE insurance, I go to my usual guy at an Urgent Care up the street. He doesn't take insurance and he is, therefore, affordable.

If I didn't have insurance and my Urgent Care doctor told me it was something serious, I'd do would millions of others do (some of whom are illegals) and go to county.

Well, I did a Google search on Wilson's Disease. I doubt that the young woman was in any danger of dying from this rare genetic disorder.

The interesting fact is that the disease is due to a build up of copper in the body.

How is Wilson's disease diagnosed?

If Wilson's disease is suspected, it can be diagnosed by tests.

• A blood test to measure ceruloplasmin. This is a protein
  that binds copper in the bloodstream. The level is low in nearly all
  people with Wilson's disease.
• A urine test to measure the amount of copper in the urine. The amount is typically higher than normal.
• An examination of the cornea by an optometrist or eye specialist
  may show the Kayser-Fleischer rings if they have developed (not present
  in all cases).
• A biopsy (small sample) of the liver may be taken to look at under
  the microscope. This can show the excess copper in the liver and the
  extent of any cirrhosis. See separate leaflet called 'Liver Biopsy'.

How is Wilson's disease treated?

It is essential to treat
Wilson's disease. The earlier treatment is started, the better the
chance of preventing long-term permanent damage to the liver or brain.

• Penicillamine is a drug used to remove copper from
  the body (it is called a chelating agent). The penicillamine causes the
  excess copper from the body to be passed out in the urine. The dose may
  be reduced to a 'maintenence dose' after about a year when the initial
  build-up of copper has been cleared.
• Trientine is an alternative to penicillamine. It too is a chelating agent and removes copper from the body.
• Zinc is an option in certain circumstances. Zinc works by
  blocking the gut from absorbing copper from food. Therefore it does not
  clear excess copper from the body, but prevents any further build up of
  copper. Zinc is much less likely to cause side-effects than
  penicillamine or trientine. It may be an option for people who are
  diagnosed at the very early stages of the disease and have no symptoms.
  Also, a switch to zinc may be an option for people who have been
  initially treated with penicillamine or trientine once the initial
  build up of copper has been cleared from the body.

Now unless these "drugs" are very expensive, I do think that a case has not been made on the need for insurance for the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.