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B2 pmb: Yes, I was looking for it. Thanks.

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Mar 31 '14, 12:33

So,
9.5M uninsured are now insured due to ObamaCare?

out of... how many uninsured previous? 30-40M?

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Again I would note that the number would be significantly higher if conservative states were more interested in insuring people than undermining the - pmb Mar 31, 12:41 9
- Yeah, the Supreme Court gave states that out, and tea partiers ran with it. -- nm - Inigo Mar 31, 12:45
- I ask this question out of naivete, not out of making a political point - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:45 6
  - To get it down to why a person in one of those states would not buy ACA coverage... - Kim Pine Mar 31, 13:04 1
    - (er, Medicaid. Sorry.) -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 31, 13:05
  - See mara's post below. And you should read spamlet's post from earlier today. Short answer, the federal government made money available to states to - pmb Mar 31, 12:51 1
    - I'm very interested in seeing five and ten years from now - znufrii Mar 31, 13:04
  - Because the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is what makes expanding Medicaid possible. -- (link) - mara Mar 31, 12:47 1
    - Graci. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:49
- Word. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25% more people with Healthcare now than would have had it if we kept the status quo. -- nm - Jim Mar 31, 12:42
36-44 million was the estimate I saw last year. There may be hard numbers now. -- nm - David Mar 31, 12:34 1
- I thought I remembered 40M but wouldn't swear to it. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:35

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