This story is an old lie by the rightwing propaganda machine that was debunked on this board a long time ago.
Where is the debunking?
There have NEVER BEEN 46 million uninsured legal Americans, who already had coverage OR who could afford but didn't WANT health insurance!
A)
He counts 18 million people THAT DON"T want health insurance.
They are under 34.
They earn over $50,000 and turn down their employers' health plans BECAUSE they spend less then $1,000 a year.
So why are they being penalized for NOT wanting to have it... Yet Obama counts them and that is totally unfair, a lie and wrong!
Source:
CRISIS OF THE UNINSURED: 2009
B)
14 million people counted as "uninsured" all they need to do is register. Enroll. And they are covered by Medicaid!
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
ChildrenÂ’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under current rules.
Source:
http://coverageforall.org/pdf/BC-BS_Uninsured-America.pdf
C) So 32 million don't want and are already covered. That leaves 14 million..except according to the Census
10 million are not legal!
source:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 - Income & Wealth - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau
That leaves 4 million that truly need and WANT health insurance but NOT 46 million which was used to pass by only 6 votes Obamacare!
If people like you would really stop using 46 million but use 4 million that would allow this to happen!
So please TELL ME again where 10 million uninsured counted according to Census are NOT Citizens?
Tell me again that 14 million people totally eligible and totally covered by Medicaid ... that is not true???
Finally WHY are 18 million people who don't WANT, Don't NEED health insurance be forced to buy something that isn't necessary for them?
THAT's like telling ALL AMERICANS YOU must buy a solar car!
Prove to me where those numbers are WRONG????
