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My previous political post is spinning off to a discussion of healthcare.

Which makes the comments of McCain's campaign advisor on healthcare in this article all the more fitting to the present..

But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort. (Hospital emergency rooms by law cannot turn away a patient in need of immediate care.)

"So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime," Mr. Goodman said. "The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care.

"So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved."

It's so nice to know I was insured when I had a kidney stone and the hospital billed me $8,000. I wasn't actually facing bankruptcy... I was insured.

Moron. He's just annoyed that Texas is reported as having a economy which is growing, while the number of insured people is shrinking.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.