Uninsured Only about 5 Percent

James Shott's column at Spero News shines the light of facts on the "uninsured" in America.

He points out that 9.5 million of the "uninsured" aren't even U.S. citizens, and 17 million make more than $50,000 a year and should be able to afford insurance.

This brings us down to about 20 million, or about 7% of the population. Then...

If we believe the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is a frequent source for the mainstream media, Americans who do not qualify for current government programs and who make less than $50,000 a year total somewhere between 13.9 million and 8.2 million, no more than 5 percent of the population. Furthermore, according to the Congressional Budget Office, 45 percent of uninsured people will be uninsured for less than four months.

Which brings us to the ultimate question: Does it make any sense to destroy a health care system that 5 out of 100 people do not have adequate access to? Rational people will, of course, say “no.”

If the "remedy" is socialized medicine as the "mainstream" media and other socialists advocate, the answer is definitely, "No."