Michael Moore, polítics i periodistes han inflat en nombre dels que no tenen assegurança mèdica als Estats Units per afavorir el projecte de cobertura universal. Parlen de 47 milions de persones quan en realitat amb prou feines supera els 8 milions. Ho explica Johan Norberg.
When we look closer at the uninsured there are other problems with the idea of a gigantic, permanent health care underclass in America: 8.3 million of the uninsured make between $50,000 and $74,999 a year and another 8.7 million make more than $75,000 a year. And about half of the low-income households without an insurance are eligible for a public health insurance, but have chosen not to enrol. Almost 10 million of the uninsured are not American citizens, and almost the whole increase in the number of uninsured since 1990 is a result of growing immigration.Es pot ser partidari de la cobertura mèdica universal als EUA, però no es poden dir mentides.
One leftist leaning foundation estimates that the real number of chronically uninsured (those uninsured for two years or more) is 8.2 million. That´s still a lot of people. But it´s not 47 million.
