Something Doesn't Add Up

We keep hearing that there are approximately 45 million people in America without health care. That number has always been in dispute due to the amount of illegal aliens included, as well as the number of people who choose not to buy insurance (usually youth people) or people in between jobs. But get this: according to the 2006 census, the total population of the US is 297 million. The census reports that 202 million are covered by private insurance and that 80 million are covered by government health programs. 202 plus 80 equals 282. 297 minus 282 equals 15. So according to the 206 census, approximately 15 million people are without health insurance. 15 million is 15 million, a large number; but it is not 45 million. Do we really need to change the health care of 282 million in order to add on the other 15 million? Do we really need to turn over the entire health care system to the federal government? It would be like tearing down your entire house in order to remodel your half bath. Of course in the land of $5000 toilets, where Congress spends half a billion dollars to buy airplanes for their own use, you would expect this kind of nonsense.