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To: Katelew who wrote (129048)	1/22/2010 5:16:42 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542009

I don't doubt it myself, but am curious if you have a reliable source on the real number. Here's Obama cutting the number by a third. I assume that you consider him reliable. "There are now more than 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage." whitehouse.gov I've seen a variety of numbers. The analyses all do it a bit differently. Most of the analysis I've seen has backed out of the 46 million folks who are technically uninsured but who are other than those Americans who can't get insurance because they can't afford it or are somehow disqualified, which is how the number is portrayed. Most of the analyses back out those who can afford insurance but choose not to get it, those who already qualify for Medicaid but haven't signed up, illegal aliens, those who didn't have insurance for a short period while they were between jobs, etc. I recall there were nearly ten million who were miscounted in the census data because they said they didn't have health insurance but actually had Medicaid so the question must have been unclear. Anyway, I went through the exercise myself a long time ago and, if memory serves, I came up with 12 million that would seem to need our legislative help. That seems like a very manageable number to me. 46 million seems onerous. People use that number as a bludgeon. 12 million seems eminently doable. Here are a couple other links for you that I found easily in my stash, which surely contains more. You can decide what you consider reliable. I've seen some other stuff, some with nifty charts, that paint a different picture but can't quite put my finger on them. keithhennessey.com nypostonline.com denverpost.com Google 47 million uninsured or 46 and you'll get lots of hits. Edit: Found a graphic. vetsonthewatch.files.wordpress.com