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To: Neocon who wrote (10265)	2/3/2002 2:16:37 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

No, they were looking at the whole cohort of uninsured. You make too much of the subsequent phrase. ...the authors [Swartz, et al.] looked at the characteristics of the individuals in the month just before each period of uninsurance began. That's a very significant restriction on sampling and the study. There are people who will go their entire life without being included in that study. Those that were never insured and who will never be insured. There is nothing incompatible with the census estimates and what I quoted. I defined the 7 to 8 million as those who were uninsured for more than 2 years. I agreed that the 7-8 million were included within the ~40 million. Do we, for example, call for subsidizing car purchases because the gross costs would exceed ten percent of most people's incomes We expect the person's health to be adversely affected without that car purchase? Recall this topic began under a category that I dubbed "life and death". Not having a car is not a "life and death" category. jttmab jttmab