Palin's "experience": health care in Alaska
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| Also listed in: Advocates for Single-Payer Health Care | Artists For Democratic Progress | Democratic Party of New Mexico | Old Kennedy-type Democrats | The Liberal Democratic party of the United States of America | Women for Equal Employment |
Palin made no mention of health care during her entire speech. She wants to be judged based on her experience, so let's look at it. According to the Kaiser health care system's website, statehealthfacts.org, 17% of Alaskans do not have health insurance. 9% of children do not health insurance. 20% of nonelderly women and 25% of nonelderly men are uninsured. And 61% of the white nonelderly are uninsured. The nonunsured population also includes 72% of families with at least 1 person employed full time.
