Not scare tactics....facts of life for many.
Health care is the second
most important 08 election issue for many Americans. Its not unreasonable to expect to see the issue addressed with substantive proposals from potential candidates and the Repubs have offered very little that I can see.
But i didnt expect to change your mind
edit: a study released today:
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The number of Americans lacking health insurance rose by nearly 8.6 million to 47 million from 2000 to 2006, with children and workers from every income level losing coverage, a new report said on Thursday.
The increase was "driven primarily by the continued erosion in employer-provided health insurance," said the report by the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute.
In 2006, 2.3 million fewer Americans received health benefits from their employers than in 2000, the report said, noting the decline does not take the population increase into account...
...For jobholders, this was the sixth straight year of declines in health insurance coverage. The rate fell to just below 71 percent from nearly 75 percent in 2000.
"No category of workers was insulated from loss of coverage," as even workers whose earnings placed them in the top quintile saw coverage rates fall, the report said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...e=domesticNews
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scare tactics or facts?