Can you read between the lines?

Barack Obama and the Democrats are pushing Obama care by throwing out the "49 million uninsured" number. Let's read between the lines:

• Approximately 10 million of those are not citizens -- they are illegal aliens.
• Approximately 9 million of those are wealthy and choose not to buy insurance -- they don't need it.
• Approximately 14 million of those qualify for CHIPS or Medicaid, but they haven't applied for it.
• A significant number of those are transitional -- they are between jobs and will have coverage as soon as they get another job.

Bottom line: we don't have 49 million people who can't afford and/or get insurance. Estimating on the high end -- maybe 20 million.

Democrats disagree with the $1 trillion cost projected by the Congressional Budget Office. They say that the estimate overlooks important "money-savers" to be added later. Money-savers = taxes.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says, ". . .we're in the position of dialing down some of our expectations to get the costs down . . ." Translation: You're not going to get the care you've come to expect.

I heard one Democrat (I can't remember who it was) say on television the other day that we shouldn't be concerned about Obamacare causing a deficit because it would be "revenue-neutral." Revenue-neutral = raising taxes.

We all need to become experts in reading between those Democrat lines!

"Worries grow on overhaul." The Dallas Morning News; June 22, 2009; p. 4A.

"Who knows what's best?" The Dallas Morning news; June 22, 2009; p. 11A.