The NHS & the United States of America

[david petley]

Hello. The uninsured is a small percentage of people (15% at most) and many of them are young people who choose not to pay for coverage (about half of the 15% can afford it or qualify for public coverage already). Because many of them are young and healthy, they don't need to see the inside of a hospital anyway.

...and if you look at the figures by race
uninsured black people - 18.5 - 19%
uninsured hispanics - 32 - 35%

(http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthi...ric/index.html)

...so somebody is getting the rough end of the pineapple.

david

<edit> and if you live in Florida, or New Mexico one in 5 is not insured.