[lbo-talk] Canada-US health care (was Vive La France!)

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
> >Even if 84% of the population has insurance during any given years
> >snapshot
> 
> The Census numbers are for people without insurance for the whole 
> year. A snapshot reading would be higher.
> 
> Doug

I don't know what the number actually is I just grabbed the number 
Jordan used in this post to illustrate the point:

"Wait, let's back up for a minute: 15.6% of the population doesn't
have insurance (holy smokes, health insurance is "within the means" of
84.4% of the entire population!)."  [JH]

Sorry if it wasn't clear I wasn't claiming that number was accurate. How 
does someone who has insurance for only part of the year get listed? As 
insured or uninsured? I assume insured but I don't know for certain.

If people move in and out of coverage what percent of US citizens spend 
some of their life with no health insurance? This means more than a 
snapshot of data to me and to most people I should think. Having 
insurance for 85% of your life won't mean a damn thing if you break your 
back or are diagnosed with cancer during the 15% of the time you don't 
have coverage.

John Thornton