The National Review: The Health Myths Senators Spill
14.12.09
Already comprehend, originated with a left-wing advocacy group. A Kaiser Kith and kin Foundation study debunked the group's analysis, reaching an value closer to $200 per year for a family. The Congressional Budget Aid has joined in the debunking.
Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) said that half of all bankruptcies are caused by medical bills. A 2006 weigh found that only 9 percent of bankruptcies were primarily the result of medical bills. The memorize where Durbin's claim originated used very loose criteria to classify bankruptcies as medical in sort; even in that study, only 29 percent of those surveyed blamed well-being expenses for their bankruptcies. (See here for more.)
Majority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) attributed 45,000 deaths each year to dearth of insurance. Follow the links here to see why he’s wrong.
Durbin and Reid have both claimed that every day 14,000 Americans mislay their health insurance. This claim originated with another left-wing accoutrements. It's based on job losses at the peak of the recession. We're not losing 14,000 jobs each day anymore. (Also, hostile to the senators’ implication, many of the people who have lost their jobs, and thus their condition insurance, will get other jobs with health insurance.)
Source: NPR