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16. HAH! We had a Democratic House and Senate back in the Bush years shown in the graph

Sat Apr 12, 2014, 12:24 AM

Apr 2014

Beginning in Janurary 2007. One can always come up with a "progressive" explanation for almost anything.

There's some discussion in the comments section of (not all of which agree with my "progressive" explanation)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/07/1290256/-Gallup-The-uninsured-rate-is-lowest-since-nbsp-2008#

I haven't absorbed it all but I noticed this link in the comment:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2011/cpshealthins2011/ib.shtml

1999 - 2010 uninsured went from 13.6% to 16.3% in a roughly straight line way (or more accurately a mostly monotonically increasing way), according to Figure 2.

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Pic Of The Moment: ACA Causes Sharp Drop In Uninsured [View all] EarlG Apr 2014 OP

Many a true word spoken in jest nxylas Apr 2014 #1

Boehner's face - lol aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2014 #2

Thanks for all you do for us, EarlG. marble falls Apr 2014 #3

I love that graphic of Boehner. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #4

And apparently in Sunday the house passes a "fix" to the ACA.. glowing Apr 2014 #5

Don't cry, Johnny. It will all be better in your dreams. AAO Apr 2014 #7

No WAY! Unca Jim Apr 2014 #8

great news. Lysistrada Apr 2014 #9

But, but the Koch brothers say it's a disaster. tclambert Apr 2014 #10

Cry baby...cry! SoapBox Apr 2014 #11

Wow. The highest level ever recorded was in Q4 '13? Why was that? Pterodactyl Apr 2014 #12

Wait. What? That graph can't be right. Pterodactyl Apr 2014 #15

Is it a Democratic Obamacare or Replublican Massacre polynomial Apr 2014 #14