Comment on The real reason health insurers won’t cover people with pre-existing conditionsparentComments−bunderbunder14y17% have no coverage at all.56% get it from their employer, and 8% buy their own private insurance.Source: US Census Bureau, 2009 figures http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p60-238.pdf (Starting on page 22)−anarchotroll14yHow many of those 17% are illegal immigrants? Do you have that data?−onemoreact14y17% of 300 million = 50 million. There are ~10-12 million illegal immigrants so up to 20%.
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17% have no coverage at all.
56% get it from their employer, and 8% buy their own private insurance.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2009 figures http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p60-238.pdf (Starting on page 22)
How many of those 17% are illegal immigrants? Do you have that data?
17% of 300 million = 50 million. There are ~10-12 million illegal immigrants so up to 20%.