Why are the President and Congressional Democrat’s advocating this kind of unprecedented government intervention?

The President and his supporters claim 40-50 million people in America (13% to 16.5% out of 300 million American’s) are without health care and or do not have access to affordable health care

Is the number really that high, and are there really no alternatives to their plan?

The National Center for Policy Analysis has researched this in more detail, below are their highlights and some of my stats.

The Census Bureau estimates the uninsured to be 45.7 million, of which 10 million are not citizens; any politicians and media claims above 35.9 million are inflated
o 17 million (37%) of the uninsured make at least $50,000 per year
o 8.4 million (18%) make $50,000 to $74,999 per year
o 9.1 million (20%) make $75,000 or higher

The National Center for Policy Analysis estimates that uninsured people receive $1,500 of free health care per year, $6,000 per family of four

Urban Institute found that 25% of the uninsured already qualify for existing government health insurance programs

The Liberal Kaiser Family Foundation reports that Americans who do not qualify for government programs and make less than $50,000 a year are between 8.2 million and 13.9 million.

Were going to radically transform the entire system into a government run bureaucracy for 95-97% of the population in order to solve issues related to 3-5% of the population?

Why not focus on the real problems associated with the 3-5% that may not have coverage, versus radical government control on the other 95%-97% that have coverage?

The Congressional Budget Office says 45 percent of the uninsured will be insured within four months (changing jobs)

Up to 36 million people would elect to remain uninsured even if the current $1.6 trillion health care plan is passed

This means 79% of the un-insured would elect to remain un-insured, they just don’t want to sign-up for a plan

I remember when I was a teenager and in my early 20’s, I never signed up for a healthcare insurance plan, even though I could have afforded to pay for one