HOW BIG A PROBLEM IS LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE?

Dick Morris, who I detest for his attacks on Senator Fred Thompson, has a question for Hillary Clinton and it actually is a reasonable question. Morris says:

"you base your healthcare proposal on the need to cover 47 million uninsured Americans. Since about a third of them are illegal immigrants and another third are eligible for Medicaid right now and just don't apply for it, aren't you overstating the problem?"

The right figure for the number of Americans who do not have access to health insurance is much less than 47 million.