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Originally Posted by wilsowilso

What are you talking about? There are over 40 million Americans without health insurance. What kind of small percentage is that? Let me repeat that. 40 million people. It's pathetic.

If you look at the real numbers of people without health coverage it is much smaller than 40 million. 40 million is just a good number for politicians to use to cause a crises in this country. I'm not going to search the numbers tonight but I will to give you some real facts. A % of those in that 40 million will go a small % of time between jobs and they do not elect to pay their coverage. Then you have kids that just don't buy health insurance because they are young and feel its not needed (I did this right out of school). Then you have people and famlies that just don't buy health ins. and spend their money on things like new cars etc... Do we have Americans who cannot afford coverage in the US, Yes, but its not time to tear apart whats not broken.