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Half of Uninsured Can Afford It
September 2010 · Michael Saltsman · Southeast Missourian
Though a new report from the Census Bureau says that 50.7 million Americans went without health insurance last year (“Poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent, Census Bureau says,” Sept. 17), this statistic doesn’t provide a complete picture of the nation’s uninsured. A 2009 study co-authored by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995 to 1999, showed that nearly half… -
Census Statistics Don’t Tell Complete Story
September 2010 · Michael Saltsman · Muskegon Chronicle
Though a new report from the Census Bureau says that 50.7 million Americans went without health insurance last year (”Census: 1 in 7 Americans lives in poverty,” Sept. 16), this statistic doesn’t provide a complete picture of the nation’s uninsured. A 2009 study co-authored by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-99, showed that nearly half of uninsured Americans… -
Health Care Reform Law Targeted Wrong Group
September 2010 · Michael Saltsman · Nashua Telegraph
Though a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau says that 50.7 million Americans went without health insurance last year (Sept. 19: “Nashua feeling effects of nation’s rising poverty rate”), this statistic doesn’t provide a complete picture of the nation’s uninsured. A 2009 study co-authored by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-99, showed that nearly half of uninsured… -
Millions of Americans Forgo Health Insurance By Choice
September 2010 · Michael Saltsman · Cleveland Plain Dealer
Though a new report from the Census Bureau says that 50.7 million Americans went without health insurance last year (“Ohio’s poverty, uninsured rates up; median income drops sharply,” Thursday), this statistic doesn’t provide a complete picture of the nation’s uninsured. A 2009 study co-authored by Dr. June O’Neill, who served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-99, showed that nearly half of uninsured Americans… -
Minimum Wage Punishes Teens
September 2010 · Michael Saltsman · Daily Herald
In her Sept. 13 letter “Strong minimum wage good for state,” Michelle Young, president of Action Now, argues that increases in the minimum wage have been a boon to Illinois’ labor market. Standing opposite Ms. Young in this debate are economists David Neumark and William Wascher, of the University of California-Irvine and Federal Reserve Board, with their exhaustive summary of 20 years of minimum wage research: “(T)he… -
Uninsured By Choice
September 2010 · Michael Saltsman · St. Petersburg Times
Though a new report from the Census Bureau says that 50.7 million Americans went without health insurance last year (“Census: 1 in 7 Americans lives in poverty,” Sept. 16), this statistic doesn’t provide a complete picture of the nation’s uninsured. A 2009 study showed that nearly half of uninsured Americans aged 18 to 64 could likely afford to purchase health insurance. While the labor market has since…