47 Million Unisured "People" Now.

President Obama last night added a million people to the list of those without any health insurance coverage. Last major speech he had, it was 46 million people (not Americans, just people), now it's 47. Whichever you choose, it's a lie on somebody's part. The POTUS should not be spouting numbers like this. Blame him or his handlers, but you are being LIED TO.

Investor's Business Daily has a story that puts the number at 45.6 million, MINUS:

21% are NOT CITIZENS so we're down to 35.9 million uninsured Americans
These people are the main reason our hospitals are closing, bankrupt. Also they are an example of what happens in America when health care becomes "free"

17 Million in households making more than $50,000/year (7 million of those making $75k or more) so we're down to 18.9 million that can (or should be able to) afford their own insurance and/or office visits (we pay cash four our kids and make somewhere in there)

40% of the remainder are young and healthy and see no need for insurance, so we're down to around 11.3 million

To rephrase the above: out of 300 Million AMERICANS without health care insurance, approximately 11.3 million or LESS THAN 2% genuinely cannot afford health care insurance.

AND

"about" 290 million Americans have, or could get, health care insurance on their own dime.

Howard Dean admitted to Esquire Magazine that 117 million people would be foisted off onto the government plan.

Oh, and by the way it will be about a TRILLION DOLLARS more expensive than we can afford, based on estimates that are reportedly on the low side of cost and high side of what we can afford.

Oh, and by the way, it would lead to a drastically lower standard of care than we are used to, and waiting lines for health care, and rationing of care, and more people dying from preventable causes.

SO why is it required to NOW NOW NOW get this health care payment reform system passed into law? Especially seeing as the President himself has not even familiarized himself with (much less actually read) the proposed legislation!

Because of Laura Ingraham's Quote of The Day: "No one wants to tell the speaker that she's moving too fast and they damn sure don't want to tell the President." -Rep. Charlie Rangel