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Kasz216 on 25 December 2009
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Jackson5050 said:

 

Kasz216 said:

All you need to do is breakdown the number of the uninsured yourself.

 

The ones in the poorest demographics mostly qualify for mediaid, a large number of the demographics are in the Top and second quartiles.

I've already broken down the numbers on the board once before, and i'd rather not go through it again.

Needless to say, the number of people who really need help is less then 10 million.  Possibily less then 5... possibly even... less then 2 million. 

 

 

Ah, I have already analyzed the uninsured data myself. Merry Christmas... The data I have analyzed was 2008 Census data which became available in September-not that using data from 2007 makes a significant difference. I have also have read reports on the uninsured data. If you want a comprehensive analysis of the uninsured, I recommend reading this. There are a few reasons I find your number of people who "really" need help to be unusually low. First, you include those who earn $50,000/$75,000 as those who do not "really" need help. Unfortunately, those people, which are mostly families, "really" need help. That is why the bill provides subsidies for those who earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level ($88,000 for a family of four) to purchase insurance in the exchange(s). Second, the highest number I have seen for those who are eligible for Medicaid but do not apply is 10 million. I suppose the differences result from a disagreement on whether middle-class families are honestly able to purchase affordable coverage or not.

That definitly is a point of contention.  People in that range should definitly be able to afford healthcare coverage... outside the very few cases of "Prexisting conditions" which should be adressed via law. 

$50,000 is a lot of money... if you can't afford heathcare at $50,000 a year you've got to be pretty poor with your money or once again "Prexisting conditions."

However even if that were the case that would still leave us with ~14 million people or so.

Still far less then is suggested.