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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: brushwud who wrote (2445)10/28/2007 6:01:30 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
I would claim the figure is fake, but its presented in a distorted way. Its a figure for how many people go without insurance at some point of the year, not how many are continually without insurance. It also is used as a figure to represent people who are priced out of medical insurance, when quite a few people who don't have insurance decide not to have it even though they can afford it, or qualify for government run insurance programs and just haven't applied.

If children don't have access to basic health care

To the extent that not having insurance means not having access to basic health care see

% of children w/o insurance

1997....13.9
1998....12.8
1999....11.8
2000....12.3
2001....11.0
2002....10.5
2003....10.1
2004.....9.6
2005.....8.9
2006.....9.3
2007.....8.5

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So it would seem to be a problem that is already beginning to fade.

But then even for those without insurance. Not being insured doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have access to health care.
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