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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alighieri who wrote (14042)	3/8/2010 8:52:40 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

What's the number? The criteria aren't even exactly defined and the data on some categories may not be that hard or may be something that frequently changes. So I'd have to give a wide range. Maybe 8 to 28 million. the 24M additional the Senate bill would cover? Its very unlikely that 24 million additional people will be insured if the Senate bill passes, its even less likely that it will lead in a net reduction of 24 million involuntarily uninsured. Can you envision 24M people The country is more than 12 times that size. If 7.5 to 8% are the problem, why make policy for the whole based on that 7.5%, why not focus on the 7.5% and try to change things for them without causing problems for everyone else. The argument become even stronger if its more like 3%, which it might well be.