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Old 10-25-2009, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hi_im_god
i was intrigued by the juxtaposition of "don't let facts get in your way" and spectacularly round numbers. so i did 30 seconds of websearch.

69% of americans have some form of private insurance. 60% provided by their employer and 9% individual.

84% of american have any form of insurance including government provided.

27% of americans have government provided insurance.

the figures add up to over 100% because of overlap. many medicare recipients also have a supplemental private policy.

but absent government provided insurance, 31% of americans would not have any.

and 16% have none regardless of current government provided insurance.

don't let facts get in your way.
I certainly won't. Nice try

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion...cJA9hKmHRPxJ8H
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