\n\n\n" }[T]he high-risk pools, which were meant to tide people over until 2013, have signed up just 18,000 people as of March.
\nThere were supposed to be millions of people who were uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions. \u00c2\u00a0We heard lengthy testimony about their terrible plight. \u00c2\u00a0I don't think it's too strong to say that this fear--that you could get sick and no one would insure you, that's right, you, Mr. & Mrs. Middle-Class Voter--was one of the main reasons offered for the health care overhaul. \u00c2\u00a0It was estimated by Medicare's Chief Actuary that around 400,000 would sign up (the CBO estimated 200,000, but only because they assumed that HHS would use its authority to limit enrollment in order to stay within the $5 billion budgeted for the program). \u00c2\u00a0So where are all the uninsurable people?
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