Free Market Cure does a break down of the famous 45 million Americans who don’t have health insurance:
…According to the US Census Bureau, 17 million of those without health insurance live in households having over $50,000 in annual income. That’s 38% of the uninsured in America.(2)
In fact, 9 million – 20% of the uninsured – reside in households pulling down more than $75K a year. (3)
…And then there are the young invincibles. Over 18 million of the uninsured are people between the ages of 18 and 34. (4) They spend more than four times as much on alcohol, tobacco, entertainment and dining out as they do for out-of-pocket spending on health care.(5) They represent 40% of the uninsured in America.
…14 million people without health insurance are eligible for government health care programs like Medicaid and S-CHIP but choose not to enroll. (7) They represent %31 – nearly one third – of the uninsured in America.
…The U.S. has 12 million illegal immigrants who don’t buy health insurance but still get health care.
…So, how many are truly uninsured? Around eight million. Just 18% of the 45 million that we hear about so often.”
So less then 3% of all Americans are truly uninsured and all you hear about is that the system is a calamity and it needs to be completely replaced by the great socialized medicine.
Unbelievable.


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July 18, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Anna
It is really unbelievable! How come we don’t hear these stats more often? This administration does a very poor job building up its case and defending itself.
They do not seem to care much about what people think of them, and that’s fine for now, but it might really hurt the Republican party in 2008.
August 11, 2009 at 8:06 am
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August 11, 2009 at 8:07 am
somethingtosaytoday
Thanks i put your post on my blog too. hear about these stats on TV the other night. how stupid must govt think we are to not learn this stuff?
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