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Here are some numbers that have been bandied about lately.
It seems that when we are told that 47 million in America are without health insurance, they don't strictly mean that all of those people are actually Americans, or even want health insurance.
At the risk of being lambasted, here are the numbers and links to sites.
These figures are according to Joseph Antos.
Joseph Antos is also a commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, a health adviser to the Congressional Budget Office, and an adjunct professor at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining AEI, Mr. Antos was Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office.
Uninsured who are NOT U.S. CITIZENS - 45% of the 47 million.
Broken down by age, 18 - 24 years old - 29.3% of the 47 million.
25 - 35 years old - 26.9% of the 47 million.
Broken down by salary, $75,000 or more per year - 8.5% of the 47 million.
And here is an excerpt from Heritage.org (I read the left wing stuff too)
'Part of the apparent over-counting of the uninsured in the Census data is likely due to a serious undercounting of Medicaid enrollees. While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported Medicaid enrollment of 51 million in 2002, the Census reported only 33 million, a difference of 18 million people. This trend continues in 2003 with a .7 percentage point increase in Medicaid enrollment by the Census Bureau, putting that number at 35 million, but CMS reports 53 million enrollees. This discrepancy is, to say the least, problematic.'
Tell me what you think.