rssUninsured Population Tops 46 Million
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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The Census Bureau today released figures indicating that 46.3 million folks living in the U.S. lacked health care coverage in 2008, up from 45.7 million the year before. Because the country’s total population also increased over that span, the percentage of uninsured people remained unchanged at 15.4, the agency reported. But some consumer advocates warn that the millions of job losses this year likely mean that the uninsured numbers have risen dramatically since January.
Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, an advocate for consumers of health care, estimates that rising unemployment has probably put the uninsured figure “close to 50 million.” For some perspective, Pollack points out that 46.3 people exceeds the population of 24 states and Washington, D.C., combined. A list of the states:
Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
There are conservatives out there who make it an occupation to blast these annual figures because they also include illegal immigrants. To be fair to them, let it be noted that 9.5 million of the 46.3 million were not citizens — a category that doesn’t distinguish between those in the country legally and illegally.
Let it also be noted that Section 246 of the House Democrats’ health reform bill would prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving federal health subsidies — despite what Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) says.
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Pingback posted September 10, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
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Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
If Mike Lillis were a somebody, I'd add his name to the list of those who've lied about ObamaCare not covering illegal aliens. Rest assured, one way or another, come heck or high water, the Dems are going to work to take resources away from U.S. citizens in order to give them to foreign citizens who are here illegally.
Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
Makin' a list
Checkin' it twice
Finding out whose been up to UnAmerican activities
Same as it ever was…
Comment posted September 11, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
Just because a law states that it does not cover illegal immigrants does not mean that it won't end up covering illegal immigrants. Without enforcement (which currently is missing or unfunded) then anyone can sign up.
In addition 12 million of the 46m are eligible right now for Medicaid or SCHIP govt insurance… they just have not signed up!
Slightly more than a 1/3 of the uninsured make $66,000 or more a year, are eligable for employer healthcare or could afford private health insurance.
46M is a useless figure even if you deduct illegals. We realistically have 10-20M uninsured. Obviously, we do need health reform, we should control health costs, and we should provide health insurance to those in need…. but we don't need to socialize the entire system with a public option that will not accomplish needed reforms.
Pingback posted November 5, 2009 @ 10:44 am
[...] Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) just took to the House floor to decry the Democrats’ health reform bill because, she said, it would leave too many folks uninsured. She must not have read the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the GOP’s legislative alternative, which, CBO found, would leave 52 million nonelderly Americans uninsured in 2019 — about 6 million more than are uninsured today. [...]
Comment posted June 2, 2010 @ 3:33 pm
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Pingback posted October 30, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
[...] 11.Uninsured Population Tops 46 Million « The Washington Independent Because the country’s total population also increased over that span, the percentage of uninsured people remained unchanged at 15.4, the agency reported. But some consumer advocates warn that the millions of job losses this year likely mean that the uninsured numbers have risen dramatically since January. http://washingtonindependent.com/58487/uninsured-top-46-million [...]
Pingback posted November 19, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
[...] 12.Uninsured Population Tops 46 Million « The Washington Independent Because the country’s total population also increased over that span, the percentage of uninsured people remained unchanged at 15.4, the agency reported. But some consumer advocates warn that the millions of job losses this year likely mean that the uninsured numbers have risen dramatically since January. http://washingtonindependent.com/58487/uninsured-top-46-million [...]
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