The Growing Numbers They Would Let Die

Sept 20th, 2011

At the last Republican debate, every single hopeful candidate made the promise to end "Obamacare." There was also the issue of their base cheering the prospect of letting the uninsured die. Let's look at just how many more of us would be at their mercy compared to a decade ago.

Via CBPP

Medicaid should be expanded into a full single payer system.

Period.

There should be no substantial profit incentive in the delivery of medicine.

Period.

And politicians who stay silent while their constituents cry out in bloodlust should be disallowed all power.

Period.

Obamacare's Early Results

Sept 14th, 2011

No wonder the Republicans are so desperate to get rid of Obamacare. Just think how terrible it would be if 2014 rolls around and, gasp, all demographics might be benefitting the way 18 to 24 year olds are. The horror. The chart below is from Jonathan Cohn's piece today in The New Republic. He writes:

"Need a reason to believe the Affordable Care Act is starting to work? The Census Bureau just gave you a half million of them.

That’s how many young adults had health insurance in 2010, as compared to 2009, according to the official estimates. Or, to put it another way, the proportion of 18- to 24-year olds without health insurance fell, by roughly two percentage points, last year.

That’s pretty remarkable, given what was happening in the rest of the population. For every other group of non-elderly adults, from 35 through 64 years of age, the proportion without health insurance increased."