[okie01]

The 40 million uninsured would have health care, and the insane ObamaCare law would have been completely unnecessary.

Do you recall the identity of those 45 million uninsured?

Approximately 1/4 were making at least $75K, but chose not to buy health insurance.

Another 1/4 were working, but were less affluent, and couldn't afford to buy health insurance.

Approximately 1/4 were eligible for Medicaid, but had never applied for it -- likely because they had never needed it.

And approximately 1/4 were illegal aliens.

So the "problem" actually devolved down to about 11 million people uninsured. And Obamacare upset the applecart for 255 million insured people who were otherwise satisfied with their situation just to serve those 11 million.

Of course, insuring the uninsured was never what Obamacare was about, anyway. It was about power and control over the American people.

[ReaganGeneration2]

“So the “problem” actually devolved down to about 11 million people uninsured. And Obamacare upset the applecart for 255 million insured people who were otherwise satisfied with their situation just to serve those 11 million. Of course, insuring the uninsured was never what Obamacare was about, anyway. It was about power and control over the American people.”

This is worth repeating.

When the ACA starts to be unsustainable, and the opposition is ordered to present their “plan”, massive Medicaid expansion will be part of it, unavoidably.

[zeestephen]

Yes, I do recall that breakdown of “uninsured.”

I use the 40 million figure to save time, and prevent debates about the exact percentages, and lists of exceptions, etc.

The “official” number that is now endorsed by the MSM has come way down, by the way.

It was 60 million when the law was passed, and 50 million during the 2012 campaign.

Lately, I've been thinking about two other issues.

What's going to happen when poor and moderate income people can't afford to pay these $6,000 deductibles they have all been signing up for?

For that matter, what happens if someone can't afford to pay his monthly premiums but doesn't qualify for Medicaid?

Will they be denied health care?

Guess again!

When the bill for those two unfunded liabilities comes due the ObamaCare train is going right off the track.