[SpardaSon21]

Nuclear, a significant portion of the uninsured are capable of being insured but for some reason don't have it.  That 44 million includes young adults who think they don't need it, rich people who think they don't need it, residents of this country who are here illegally (and should not have their health care paid for by taxpayer dollars), and people eligible for Medicare/Medicaid but haven't signed up for either of those programs.  The number of American citizens and legal residents who can't get insurance is actually a lot lower than 44 million.

[Nuclear1]

Yeah, it's true, plenty of people are eligible for coverage but don't have it, but still that leaves damn near 27 million that need coverage and A) can't get it, B) can't afford it or C) are denied it because they had a cough at some point in their life.

[General Battuta]

I was under the impression that non-residents were ineligible for any subsidies.

[iamzack]

I can't express how sick I am of "it's not actually 44million, it's less than that."

[Nuclear1]

I was under the impression that non-residents were ineligible for any subsidies.

They're not, but that twenty seven million mostly comprises US citizens who can't afford it and children/young adults who are uninsured.

[Dark RevenantX]

What an enormously complete hijack you guys have going.

I mention Obama in the OP and suddenly the topic is health care.  Well done.

[Mongoose]

I was gonna say, I thought I was in the wrong thread for a minute.  Where did the copyright stuff go?

[Liberator]

Copyright is boring.  The fix is to make copyrights expire 20 years after the death of the creator, not have them devolve in purpetuity to what are essentially IP holding companies and the problem is largely solved.

On health care, zack, I found this article from back in October.

[iamzack]

A couple of valid points with lots of nonsequitors thrown in.

Plus I like how right in the beginning, the author goes "so what if it's the healthiest state with the longest lifespan, making sure people are healthy is expensive! BAAAWWWW"

[Sushi]

I think all posts debating healthcare should be split and merged into one historic megathread, then pinned.

[Inquisitor]

give that man a cigar

[Scotty]

That.... might actually make for a pretty good read.  Amusing, at least.

[Nuclear1]

It'd be god awful repetitive though. 

But yes, the healthcare debate here has had its moments...

[Scotty]

I'd actually kind of like to see just how many pages of pointless argument we've filled up with our bickering.  Same for our religion-based slapfights.  I think we could break a hundred pages, if someone really wanted to scour the pages of GenDisc.

[Nuclear1]

That person would be collapsed on their toilet with blood splurting out their nose in a day.