"The unqualified statement was "45 million US citizens deprived of health care, of which 9 million are children". They are not deprived of health care. They cannot be turned away. We are not the cruel bastards that Don (wysiwyg)T implies in his initial post. We are not depriving anyone of health care. What we have is millions of people without health insurance, not without health care.."

Somewhat disingenuous, don't you think, John?

The fact that nobody can be turned away from ERs, constitutes only access to emergency care.

Tell me, where can someone without funds or medical insurance go when he needs, for example, a hip replacement, or any one of a hundred other treatments that are not emergencies?

Don T.