Another factoid from the debate

Reader comment on: Poverty and Uninsured Report

Submitted by Lyle (United States), Sep 13, 2011 16:00

It appears that an awful lot of americans who could afford health insurance gamble on doing without. According to the repo36% of those without health insurance make over 50k a year. So they have chosen to gamble (which is not really surprising given the number that visit casinos or play the lottery or the various undercover illegal gambling operations). The issue with pre-existing conditions is however real, consider for example if Rush Limbaugh were not filthy rich he could not get regular health insurance given his conditions. We do need a high risk pool, that handles these cases, some states have these but not all.

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