healthmyths
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it will collapse before the end of the year. bad enough we will be in 17 Trillion Obama debt, there will be no money left to pay for the 20 Million uninsured. Bye Bye "Affordable Health-Care".
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.... DON"T foster the myth of "20 million uninsured!!!
THERE ARE ONLY 4 MILLION per the below FACTS!!!
GIVEN: The Census bureau says 10 million of the 46 million "uninsured' are not citizens
Subtract 10 million from 46 million leaves 36 million NOT 46 million!
Source: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 - Income & Wealth - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau
GIVEN: 14 million are eligible for Medicaid..but they are counted as "uninsured" .
but Obama totally ignored this FACT!
Subtracting 14 million from 36 million leaves 22 million
Source: http://coverageforall.org/pdf/BC-BS_Uninsured-America.pdf
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association contracted with the Actuarial Research Corporation (ARC) to provide a detailed analysis of the uninsured identified by the Census Bureau, which found:
- Of the 44.7 million non-elderly uninsured individuals identified in the 2004 Census Current Population Survey (CPS) data,
nearly one-third almost 14 million were reachable through existing government
health programs such as Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under current rules.
REACHABLE meaning all these people had to do was enroll! NO money. NO risks! Just enroll! 14 million already eligible only need to register with MEDICAID!
So far we've reduced the 46 million by 10 million NON-Citizens, 14 million that simply had to enroll as they were covered by Medicaid!
That leaves 22 million!
18 million people have declared the right to REFUSE TO BUY health insurance!
They are under age 34.
They make over $50,000 a year. It is cheaper to pay out of pocket the average of $1,000 per year for their health services then take up their employers' health plan.
They are not free loaders as their credit rating depends on their paying their health bills.
Source: CRISIS OF THE UNINSURED: 2009
That leaves ONLY 4 million when you subtract from 22 million the 18 million that don't want or need to buy insurance!
The myth of 46 million or 20 million is proven by the above! Don't perpetuate it!