Obamacare Busters

Background: I anticipate writing a few letters on Obamacare and revealing the myths, lies, and propaganda.

In the debate on the massive government healthcare rationing plan, some obnoxious and ludicrous statements are getting parroted.

One of the most misleading claims a crisis exists because 50 million Americans lack insurance coverage. The truth behind this number reveals no crisis.

According to the Census Bureau, an average of 46 million Americans lack insurance coverage on any given day during the year. Of those 46 million, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates 20 to 30 million go without coverage for an entire year.

Of this number, the CBO says that 15 percent are eligible for coverage under existing government programs bringing the number down further. According to an economic study from Stanford University, one-quarter to three-quarters of those people can afford insurance but chose to spend their money on other products and services. This means 4 to 19 million Americans do not have insurance and cannot easily get it.

So 94 to 99 percent of us have or can get health insurance. Contrast this with President Obama’s proposed plan which he says would cover about 97 percent of Americans.

Leave it to our elected representatives to falsely cry “crisis” and then propose to spend a trillion dollars (for starters) to get us to where we are right now.

[Letter to the Editor - Farmington Observer. Published 08/13/2009.]