http://0utlaw-immortal.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] 0utlaw-immortal.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons2013-01-29 01:09 am
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[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Right. So we need to figure out how to handle that small percentage as opposed to pretending that the system doesn't work.

[identity profile] radioclashed.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Most conservatives would like to see it dissipate. It would create even more in need.

[identity profile] farchivist.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The answer is logical, Jeff. We handle that small percentage by letting them die.
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[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't a small percentage. That's the problem.

At worst, it's about 15-17% of the population. That's an out of context number, however, as it includes illegal immigrants, people who can afford health care and don't purchase it, Medicare/Medicaid undercounts, and people who would qualify for those programs but do not file for them. This is the most recent CPS data (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032012/health/toc.htm), when I saw it broken down the first time, the result was about 10-11m people who fell outside of that group. Or about 3-4% of the population. That's a small percentage.
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