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Number without health insurance at 46.3 million (Someone is off the talking points list)
Yahoo News / AP ^ | 9/10/09 | By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 09/10/2009 8:45:40 AM PDT by mazda77

WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau reports that the number of people lacking health insurance rose to 46.3 million in 2008.

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1 posted on 09/10/2009 8:45:40 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: mazda77

... and shrank to ‘30 million’ last night


2 posted on 09/10/2009 8:46:25 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
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To: mazda77

Anyone here believe anything the Census Bureau says ?


3 posted on 09/10/2009 8:47:08 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Question Liberal Authority

Is the shrinkage amount equal to the estimated number of illegals in the country?


4 posted on 09/10/2009 8:47:23 AM PDT by petitfour (Are you a Dead Fish American?)
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To: mazda77

And the truth is somewhat less than 12 million - if that.


5 posted on 09/10/2009 8:47:32 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: mazda77

Is the Census Bureau calling the Chosen One a Liar?


6 posted on 09/10/2009 8:48:11 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: mazda77

...and the number without access to healthcare? ZERO!


7 posted on 09/10/2009 8:49:34 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: mazda77
If there are 46 million uninsured and Obama said that he figures that only 5% of Americans will join his program then there is a discrepancy of coverage. Obama is bringing back fuzzy math.
8 posted on 09/10/2009 8:49:52 AM PDT by highlander_UW (To anger a conservative tell him a lie. To anger a liberal tell him the truth.)
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To: mazda77

I have it on good authority that there are 57 Million Uninsured People in the United States!

9 posted on 09/10/2009 8:50:31 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (If You have a Right / To the Service I provide / I must be a Slave)
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To: mazda77

How many of that 46.3 million have the cash for cell phones and regular trips to the casino?


10 posted on 09/10/2009 8:50:40 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: Question Liberal Authority

They just subtracted the number that were considered to be illegal aliens, because it is hard to lie and say they won’t be covered, when you are using the number of uninsured illegals to argue for nationalized medicine.


11 posted on 09/10/2009 8:51:05 AM PDT by NavVet
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To: mazda77
15%, we are going to turn everything upside down for 15%?
12 posted on 09/10/2009 8:53:29 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: NavVet

Something must be going right. It went from 47 mil to 30 mil in the span of a week or less. Two more weeks and the problem should be solved.


13 posted on 09/10/2009 8:53:36 AM PDT by mazda77 (Rubio for US Senate)
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To: mazda77

And this stupid quota boy says we can and will insure all these illegals and what have you and the costs will not go up?
Man he is smoking CRACK still.


14 posted on 09/10/2009 8:59:27 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (google; operation garden spot and REX84)
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To: mazda77
people lacking health insurance

Everyone take a deep breath.

Words mean things. To say that a certain number of people in America are without health insurance is not the same as to say a certain number of American citizens cannot obtain health insurance.

Not all people in America are American citizens

Not all who are without cannot obtain

Obviously, American citizens are a subset of people in American and people who cannot obtain health insurance are a subset of people who do not have health insurance. Why should it be a surprise to anyone that the subset has fewer people in it than the entire population?

One other point to remember, one can obtain health care without having health insurance

15 posted on 09/10/2009 9:02:56 AM PDT by trad_anglican
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To: mazda77

1. Most of the unisured are intentionally uninsured — folks making good money, but are healthy and chose not to be insured.

2. The next biggest group are illegals.

3. The next biggest group are eligiable for medicare or medicaid, but are too lazy or stupid

4. The remainder are the actual working poor; very small group, generally very healthy who don’t really need it.

Probably 5-6 million total.


16 posted on 09/10/2009 9:04:06 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
15%, we are going to turn everything upside down for 15%?

Much like the 2% of the population that are homosexuals. Our society is ruled by small minority groups who force the majority to jump through all kinds of hoops in a vague hope that we will be seen as morally adequate. But we never are.

17 posted on 09/10/2009 9:05:45 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: trad_anglican

Good post. If the statements are dissected and if the true meaning of the words are made clear, then people can see that this entire issue (which will bankrupt and destroy our country) is a complete fabrication.


18 posted on 09/10/2009 9:07:46 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

with a wave of his hands....


19 posted on 09/10/2009 9:07:51 AM PDT by tatsinfla
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