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To: i-node who wrote (848285)	4/7/2015 3:39:42 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574046

You don't see a change in the slope of the line between 2013 and 2014??? Change that green eye shade taxman....

To: i-node who wrote (848285)	4/10/2015 8:01:44 AM
From: Alighieri	1 Recommendation Recommended By zax Respond to of 1574046

But this seals it: "Further, this increase in government dependency has not lead to a change in access to health care. The proportion of people of all ages with a “ usual place to go for medical care” was 87.8 percent last year, the same as it was in 2002-2003. Further, 5.7 percent reported that they failed to obtain needed medical care due to cost last year, the same as it was in 2003-2004." You know that language of government dependency or graph Tim posted never appears in the report. The author cherry picked a few minor points and created a negative story that does not reflect the actual results of the legislation. What does appear in the report is the following; *DATA SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 1997–September 2014, Family Core component.* *For January–September 2014, the percentage uninsured at the time of interview was 11.9% (95% confidence interval = 11.39%–12.41%), which was lower than the 2013 estimate of 14.4%.* *The percentage uninsured at the time of interview decreased from 16.0% in 2010 to 11.9% in January– September 2014* file:///home/chronos/u-1c092fefb19c11e1cc2684634aabf21a7cc9812c/Downloads/earlyrelease201503.pdf Take note of the very first graph on page 2, figure 1.1. The drop in the overall uninsured is pretty clear, even when compared to 1997, or any year thereafter. Ask yourself what that drop will look like in a few years considering the trend and what it would look like if the states who are bucking the legislation had cooperated. Last but not least...the source of that cherry picked graph and language is, as I had suspected, predictably hostile to the ACA. The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a free market think tank primarily funded by private foundations established by wealthy conservative business families and billionaires, including Charles and David Koch. Al