As this HotAir.com post clearly demonstrates, a variety of sources — including the Census Bureau — have shown that the imaginary 47 million uninsured number that keeps making its way into the health care discussion is vastly overinflated.
Ramirez presented it graphically,
AEI also discussed it. Cato reviewed the 47 million fallacy. John Stossel took on the health care issue and discussed the notion that 47 million are uninsured. The Business and Media Institute, citing Census Department officials, noted that the Census data actually underreports the number of people covered by Medicare and Medicaid (meaning that even more should be removed from the imaginary 47 million number). CNS News also noted, in their review of the “47 million,” that the Census Bureau report indicated that the number of uninsured was actually dropping.
So, from numerous sources, we can see that there is an absolute worst case scenario of 14 million Americans who are chronically uninsured in the United States. As the HotAir post notes (not that I’m advocating this option), at $300 per month, those 14 million could be insured for just over $50 billion annually AND we could leave the current system intact. Instead, Obama wants to spend over $2 trillion over the next 10 years (>$200 billion/yr) revamping the current, working system.
The numbers don’t support the massive invasion of our pocketbooks and economy. The numbers and experts all agree that the 47 million figure is a fallacy and an attempt to scare the voting public into swallowing Obamacare and the socialization of 17% of our economy.
