Subject: Re: Buffett’s view on current account deficits
DTB: What percentage of those 26m people without coverage are either (a) not legal residents of the USA and thus would also not qualify for a universal healthcare insurance plan; or (b) sufficiently wealthy that they would just as soon pay out of pocket, rather than purchase a plan?

For (a), 25.8% were noncitizens.

A clarification

(a) in DTB's note was discussing people who are not legal residents. Lots of people (think green card holders as a minimum) are legal residents but not citizens.

So of that 25.8% that are non citizens, a much smaller percentage would be non legal.

Aussi