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Wed 02 Feb 2010Life-and-death lottery at free clinic crystallises crisis of healthcare in US

Trying to secure medical aid is a lottery in more ways than one for many US citizens with no insurance, reports Lara Marlowefrom Arlington, Virginia

FOR 45 million US citizens and residents without medical insurance, surviving an accident or illness is a lottery.