re: #453 lawhawk

Not sure, but Alabama has the same percentage of uninsured - 14% as New York.

But Massachusetts, which has RomneyCare (MassCare) succeeds like no other state. They’ve got 4% uninsureds.

Expanding that RomneyCare model to the nation; that would reduce the percentage of uninsureds significantly. Wait, I know, we’ll call it the Affordable Care Act. And everyone will like it because it greatly expands access to private health insurance.

Oh wait. It’s been named Obamacare, and therefore must be destroyed at all costs.

States with 20% or more uninsureds:

Texas, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Georgia. These are the states that stand to benefit most from the ACA, and they’re represented in Congress (other than CA) by the most extreme of the extremists seeking to thwart ACA implementation at the state and/or federal level.

Some disconnect in the methodology. There is an interactive map that shows counts and rates for a ‘micro-statistical area’. (Looks like the MSSA from back in the day.) Ours shows a 15.2% rate for our neighborhood.

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