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In reply to the discussion: Message auto-removed [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)about half of the states have chosen not to expand it, leaving millions with no coverage, no options, at all. None. There is nothing an "interfaith" community can do with no money.
The 30 million number is the best case scenario put forward by the WH and other proponents of the ACA, which may in fact be too conservative a number...there are lots of articles out there, here's just one.
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When the ACA was passed it was estimated by its proponents that it would cover 35 million more people than before. Now these same proponents are using the figure 31 million new people covered instead. Meanwhile the population of the United States has grown by 9 million people, and due to the effect of the crash of 2008, millions of people who were insured before the crash are now uninsured. So, though there are no hard figures on this it is likely that estimates of 30 million still uninsured are on the low side. And when we consider that HHS, today, for actuarial reasons, is marketing to the young and healthy, and not the vulnerable and disengaged, it seems quite possible that the 45,000 fatalities per year will not decrease significantly, if at al
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Here.