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46 million huh?

Wow, that's a lot.


And as it turns out, a gigantic overstatement that can have only one purpose - to persuade the American public that the health care "dilemma" is so dire that only his (still undefined) plan can save the country.

Let's review the facts, sans hyperbole.

  • Fact 1: Percentage-wise, the number of uninsureds actually is lower than in 1998 (Obama claims it continues to rise).
  • Fact 2: Health care of children has improved dramatically since 1998 by about 3 million kids.
  • Fact 3: As many as 12 million (of the uninsured 46 million) are ILLEGAL aliens -- ILLEGAL as in they shouldn't be here in the first place and certainly should not be counted.
  • Fact 4: About 8.3 million earn between $50,000 and $75,000 (meaning they have the means to buy health care coverage, but opt not to).
  • Fact 5: Amazingly, even more, about 8.7 million, earn over $75,000 (no excuses for them whatsoever).
So far, we've accounted for about 29 million of the 46 million, leaving about 17 million. But, of those, about 8.8 million are without coverage only for about 4 months or less before returning to the ranks of the insured.

That leaves a grand total of about 8.8 million (legal) American citizens who are, according to Kaiser Foundation, chronically uninsured.

So why all the fuss over a mere 8.8 million people who are here legally and cannot, truly cannot afford to purchase health care coverage?

Would it not be much, much simpler to focus on THOSE people? Forget about the illegals and I mean that literally. They have no right to be here in the first place; therefore, they should have no "right" to expect health care coverage (which they now get for free merely by showing up in emergency rooms at all hours of the day and night).

As for the 16 to 17 million legal Americans who clearly earn enough to buy health care coverage but opt not to do so, again, forget about them -- start turning them away if they can't cough up the cash to pay the doctor. (There's actually a good example of why making the purchase of health care coverage mandatory makes sense, 10th Amendment issues notwithstanding).

What about the chronically uninsured? Why not qualify them for Medicare (under age 65)? In theory, many of them should qualify now for Medicaid - based on income. If the threshold needs to be lowered, fine - let's get those people covered, and I have no problem subsidizing that effort with tax dollars.

But the illegals? The people who clearly make enough money but opt not to spend it in advance on purchasing health care coverage? Those laggards have been turned into pawns by the Obama administration that clearly has one overriding goal in mind: Install some kind of system that eventually will become the only game in town.

(The essence of this article was derived from an article by Peter Hannaford in The American Spectator.

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Finally!

Somebody has picked up on the fact that current CBO estimates for Obamacare extend only for 10 years out.

At some point, one must ask: What happens after the initial 10 years? Does Obamacare suddenly stop and cease to exist? Of course not. It's a government program, which can only mean one thing - it is destined to get bigger and bigger until it becomes self consuming.

But at what cost?


A new article from the WSJ shows a scary scenario where the costs in the second decade of Obamacare greatly exceed anticipated revenue creating a "Grand Canyon" of additional national debt.

Just how much debt will the Chinese be willing to underwrite?

My suspicion is that these blowhard Democrats who today are crying over the incessant constituency outrage had better start looking for a new job in another year, should they bow to Pelosi and vote in favor of the largest single boondoggle in American history.