One Guy's Viewpoint

Those Constantly Spoken Of Forty Million

There are forty million Americans, we're told over and over, who are without health insurance coverage. Okay. But some questions arise in my mind.

The implication is that they all (or the parents of all the children included in the number) desperately want it, but are unable to afford it. But how many of these could afford it choose not to? Many young healthy people opt out, I'm told. No doubt a lot of others make a different choice, desperately wanting somthing else even more.

Are these really all Americans? I doubt it. After all this forty million is a political number, bandied about by politicians who desperately want something. My guess is that it includes estimates for aliens, resident and otherwise. I also doubt that the estimated twelve to twenty million illegal aliens care much one way or the other as their medicam care is free (to them, at least) antway.

How many Americans are there these days? A little over three hundred million? I think that's what it is. So, over two hundred sixty million do have coverage, about eighty-seven percent. And one guy, one party wants to scrap all that because of the other thirteen percent? No, I know you don't believe that. It's politics! As usual. It's about power-- and money. There's a big payoff somewhere and America is about to be screwed yet again.

posted by Burt @ 5:11 PM