Richard Kirsch: How Many Lives Does the Health Care Reform Cat Have Left?

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11. I won't argue single digits

The numbers are basically the same, roughly 4-6% of those eligible now, were eligible before. The numbers that will end up with insurance because of this bill is around 8 - 12%. And you're taking the lowest statistic for the number covered, and comparing to the highest number estimated to ultimately be covered. Nominally, the numbers are more like 85% and 93%.

The vast majority (80+%) will see no change in their coverage or care, and that was by intent. Obama sold this on the basis that most people wouldn't notice.

Those who will recieve rebates, and those that will have coverage for existing conditions is a VERY small percentage of the overall population. And all they will get is coverage, they won't get a guarantee of CARE because the bill did NOTHING to establish health CARE as a right. And quite the opposite, it made insurance and obligation, with the governments duty specifically limited.

I don't dengrate the law, unless you mean accurately reflecting what is does AND DOESNT' do "denegrating". The original author on the other hand vastly overstated what the bill actually does. I guess he's the one that doesn't think to much of what it does, so he has to imbellish it to make it sound worth while at all.