Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Is anybody for the new proposed nationalized health care plan and why??

07-18-2009, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucco

Thank you for the link....it helps....a few things jumped out at me, and this is not being unsympathetic at all...

43.1 % of the uninsured are NOT american citizens

21 % of the uninsured make OVER 50,000 per year (almost 8 % over 75,000)

88% of the uninsured were not born in the US !

Most of the children are eligible for Medicaid but the government has done a bad job in getting the info out.

About 85% of all americans are insured ! Used the Pop of 305 million and the sites estimate of almost 45 million uninsured.

Just these three things tell me that this needs some discussion ! Assuming I read the site correctly and did my math correctly.

This is not being unsympathetic...I am FOR health care, but now I am sure we are moving much too fast on this huge amount of money !

PS...Please check my math everybody !!

Thanks for doing the math Bucco. The 21% that make over $50,000 tells alot about priorities. It also includes many young people who realistically would rather spend their monies on other things.
Once you subtract the non-americans (19 million) and the people who make over $50,000 and chose not to purchase (9.5 million) it sheds a new light on the urgency factor.