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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by mschuster91 on Monday September 26, 2016 @02:54AM (#12579800)
> Overall this should reduce costs as fewer uninsured patients will end up being treated in the ER, reducing costs passed on to everyone else.

The US has approx. 11 M illegal immigrants (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/09/20/5-facts-abou...). Can they also access Obamacare coverage? (I seriously hope so!)

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by hiram112 on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:53AM (#12580041)
The 11 million count is about 10 years old. The feds won't or can't release accurate numbers, though other estimates are at least double that.
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