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    "title": "46 Million?  No, more like 12 million (or less)",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2009-08-12 15:40:33 UTC",
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        "2009-08-12 15:40:33 UTC"
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>Speaking of Obama's scare tactics, that 46 million is a very dubious statistic, the kind Mark Twain had in mind when he talked about lies and damned lies. Here's a chart from a GOP Senator (based on U.S. Census data) that explains who those 46 million actually are.</p>\n<p>...</p>\n<p>So what we actually have is about 12 million American citizens of income less than $75K who have no access to insurance or government programs. That's about 4% of the population. Many of those are young, healthy people who don't particularly need insurance, and those at incomes of $40-$50K or above can probably afford to borrow and repay medical bills over time; half seems a reasonable estimate of the two combined. So we have 2% of the country that really has a need for this reform.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>via <a href=\"http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2009/08/whos_afraid_of.html\">Classical Values :: Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Health Care Crisis?</a>.</em></p>\n"
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