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Originally Posted by cybrgeezer
Just a thought about those uninsured numbers:
I work in a company with terrible insurance. I think every employee with a working spouse has the spouse's insurance just because it's better for them and their family.
Now, I'll wager that in most two-worker families, the whole family is covered by only one's insurance. Does that drop the worker who is not taking his/her company's insurance into the "uninsured" cohort?
I am sure that when employers are questioned by the insurance carrier about the number of employees eligible for insurance, and that number is compared to the number using the available insurance, there is a gap. Is that gap added to the "uninsured" number?
I don't know, but it seemed worth wondering about.
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You have a valid point GEEZER ! These numbers have really given me pause and it bothers me with the generalizations about americans going without healthcare and 85% have it, and actually it is higher since over 40% of those "uninsured" are not even american citizens.
Then of course there is the "under insured" ! All of this bothers me because it does not seem like an issue that our congress should address in haste or in with such blatant policitism on either side.