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Originally Posted by Jebby
That just isn't true. - Medicaid and CHIP cover nearly 70 million people, or about 22% of the US population.
- There are also about 50 million Medicare recipients, which represent another 15% of the population (and growing every year).
- Another 10-12 million people receive subsidies through ACA to buy private health insurance, that's another 5% of the population.
- Then there's close to 10 million veterans who get their healthcare through the VA.
- And about 9 million people get healthcare through Tricare.
There's also about $5 billion a year giving in federal grants to community health clinics. Plus state programs for health clinics |
Jebby, those comparative numbers don't reflect the extent (re: the degree of medical probes-i.e. using Cat Scans and other advanced technologies) and quality of health care (re: medical time spent with specialists etc.) delivered in the states.