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Poverty in America – 2010 – Health Insurance
Is a lack of health insurance in America a problem? According to Washington, it is. The Census Bureau has released the 2010 report on poverty in America. Table 8 on page 26 covers some of the data on those without health insurance. Here’s what caught my eye. The Census Bureau estimates that 16.3 percent of those living in the United States have no health insurance. 45% of all non-citizens have no health coverage. Of the 49.9 million … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Economy, Original writing, Poverty, Reporting
Poverty in America – 2008 health insurance coverage
The record keeping for health insurance coverage is slimmer than for the other data in the Census Bureau’s report titled Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008. The data has only been kept for about a decade, and that decade has seen major changes in the American economy and the workforce. I am doubtful that the data is sufficient to support major policy decisions without a great deal of supplemental work. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing, Poverty
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Health insurance and you
March 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off
[Stand up and shouts] Health care and health insurance are not the same thing! If you think about it, you know it’s true. But it is not in the interests of the people advocating universal health insurance for you to think. Health insurance, like any other insurance, is a wager between you and the insurance company. They are betting that, on average, you will need to pay for less health care than your insurance premiums total. You are betting on having the big one, or some ghastly cancer, and using far more benefits than your premiums could ever total. The health insurance company has several ways to hedge their side of the bet. Like very other insurance policy, a health insurance policy has a maximum. Sometimes it has both a yearly max … Read entire article »
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