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My $27B health plan

August 6, 2009 By seascraper

Just buy health insurance for all uninsured Americans. $27 billion.  

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  1. mishamadison says

    August 6, 2009 at 3:04 am

    That would totally work, and would certainly bail a lot of people out. Lol. When can you have the cash ready? đŸ™‚

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    p>- Misha (As a weird random side note, would you happen to be able to spot me the cash for colon cleanse? Haha, just kidding.)

  2. charley-on-the-mta says

    August 6, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Got a problem with your math, there …

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    p>47 million uninsured @ $300/month premium (say):
    $169.2 billion/year

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    p>OK, we’ll be really optimistic and say $200/month (?????)
    $112.8 billion/year.

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    p>$400 a month average (close to the national average for single premium):
    $225.6 billion

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    p>Oops.

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    p>And this is without correcting any of the craziness in the market — insurers dropping policies, etc. Or bending the cost curve.

    • gary says

      August 6, 2009 at 9:12 am

      As soon as the government pays the $200 billion for the uninsured, I’m going to drop my insurance so they pay for me!

  3. johnd says

    August 6, 2009 at 11:36 am

    I’d also like some confirmation on something Karl Rove said on my favorite NEWS channel FOX…

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    p>He said of the 45 million uncovered people in the US…

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    p>20% are illegals
    30% could enroll in Medicare right now.
    30% of people without healthcare make over $50K/year and chose NOT to pay for it.

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    p>I’d like to know how many people really need healthcare (that can’t get Medicare, that are US citizens, that can afford it but don’t buy it…).  

    • dweir says

      August 6, 2009 at 3:44 pm

      Can be found on the Census site

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      p>Source: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www…

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      p>If I’m reading the spreadsheet “People Without Health Insurance by Family Income” correctly, 50% are in families with $50,000 or more in income.

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      p>Again, assuming I am interpreting the data correctly, about 10% are not citizens.
      Source: People Without Health Insurance Coverage by Selected Characteristics: 2006 and 2007

      • johnd says

        August 6, 2009 at 7:54 pm

        Do you know if there is any truth to the myth/rumor of 30% of uninsured being eligible for Medicare?

  4. dweir says

    August 6, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    http://www.census.gov/hhes/www…

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    p>So even though the number of uninsured has climbed steadily, the percentage of uninsured has remained relatively flat for the last 20 years.

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