One of the items we noted in our Sept. 10 wrap-up of President Barack Obama’s televised prime-time address to Congress was his carefully worded estimate of the number of uninsured citizens. Obama, Sept. 9: There are now more than 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage. We said that Obama appeared to be underestimating the number of uninsured, even if we subtract the estimated 10 million uninsured who are not U.S. citizens. With the Census Bureau now reporting 46.3 million people... Click to Read the Full Post
Q: How many of the uninsured are U.S. citizens? A: The vast majority of the uninsured are citizens from working families. Click to Read the Full Post Read More →
Summary It has started. A new TV spot is running nationally saying that "fixing health care" is "something that we must do." It is the first ad in what we expect will be a massive barrage of public relations claims on all sides of the coming debate over President-elect Obama’s promised push for expanding federal health insurance programs. This one is notable primarily for who is sponsoring it: a collection of unlikely political bedfellows that includes the pharmaceutical... Click to Read the Full Post
