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Old 01-03-2007, 10:57 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by chrisg967 View Post
The National Coalition for the Homeless website has a flyer (Publications->FactSheets) with the above title and they say that counting homeless people is difficult. Some people may be homeless for a short period and then find a home, while another family may lose theirs at the same time. Some stay with relatives, some live in parks, cars, and so forth. The Coalition also gives a national guestimate:

"The best approximation is from a study done by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty which states that approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness in a given year (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, 2004)."

They noted that the guestimate was based on service providers, and that not all homeless people used service (shelter) providers.

Homeless persons probably qualify for government assistance with medical care, but may not apply for it. My guess is that the guestimate is not included in the 40 million without health insurance, simply because they visited homes.

The Coalition also put out other flyers, including one on Healthcare and Homelessness (PDF).
In other words, you're admitting - by this information as well - that that famous "40 million Americans without health-care" is BS.

It's made up numbers, exaggerated for political reasons and financial gain!


I've worked with homeless people and transients for YEARS. And believe me, if you've not been with them, worked with them, and know how they operate - you have NO BUSINESS making assumptions about them, especially in regards to health coverage.