Here's my follow up. Shoot the messenger ... the sources are discussed ..
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stor...unchanged.aspx
the often quoted 50 million regurgitated …
……….can you read bar graphs? Or can you just read some bar graphs?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2918705.html
That radical conservative rag…
“President Barack Obama's health care reform law aims to extend health insurance coverage to a large portion of the uninsured.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, health care reform will reduce the number of uninsured people by 27 million between next year and 2023.
“Obamacare targets its assistance to the poor and near-poor who are least likely to have health care coverage.
The law will provide Medicaid coverage to those with incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty level ($15,282 for a single person this year) -- unless they live in a state that opts out of the Medicaid expansion. People who earn between the poverty level and four times that amount will be eligible for tax credits for private health insurance.”
http://spectator.org/articles/41931/myth-46-million
This article cites legitimate sources used to challenge the numbers …
Of the alleged 46 million “uninsured”…
9.7 .,. illegal immigrants
14 .. eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP, not signed up or denied using it
26 .. million made enough to be insured, but didn’t get insurance
Here are the last paragraphs in the post, which points to the problem..
When all of these factors are put together, the 2003 BlueCross BlueShield study determined that 8.2 million Americans are actually without coverage for the long haul, because they are too poor to purchase health care but earn too much to qualify for government assistance. Even being without insurance still doesn't mean they won't have access to care, because federal law forbids hospitals from denying treatment to patients who show up at the emergency rooms.
This exercise isn't about downplaying the problems facing the American health care system, but a necessary part of devising the proper remedies. Under current state laws, mandates force insurers to provide certain benefits, meaning that young and healthy Americans must choose between paying exorbitant premiums to cover treatments that they don't need or going without health insurance. Many of these so-called "young invincibles" who are included in the ranks of the uninsured could be wooed into the market were they allowed to purchase catastrophic insurance with lower monthly premiums.
"Right now, the tax code exempts people from paying taxes on health care benefits purchased through their employer, while denying the same tax advantages to individuals. Ending this discrimination would make health care more affordable to those who are self-employed or not covered through their workplace. In addition, this would allow Americans to have health care policies that are portable, so it would reduce the gaps in coverage people can face when they quit or lose a job.
"Those pushing for a major government intervention in health care are distorting the 46-million statistic to boost their cause, and by disseminating it so widely without further elaboration, the media is rigging the game in their favor."
When a program signs up people who qualify for government assistance for the health care, like Medicaid and SCHIPS, then that is NOT PROVIDING INSURANCE FOR the 'UNINSURED U..S. CITIZENS"... and then when a program provides supplements to help people pay for premiums ... all that program is ... is another "entitlement program' disguised as "health care reform" ... it improves nothing .. and the remainder of the population... the taxpayers ... will either pay increased taxes to cover it or increased premiums to make up the shortfall.
Please note: The formula for qualification for entitlements.
