How many of the uninsured are actually eligible for health insurance?

The headline is misleading.

The article states that 25-60% of the uninsured are eligible for state provided health coverage (Medicaid, SCHIP).

I’m counted among the 45 million that is quoted all the time and its because I swithed jobs and had to have a cobra policy for one month. I was never without some type of coverage and yet I am still counted in these inflated numbers. It all reminds me of a stand up bit by Christian Finnegan where he stated,
“I have a 60 inch Flat Screen TV, Laptop, 60 gig MP3 player, XBox, Blackberry, DVD player and no health insurance.”
Since 75% of uninsured are under 35 I imagine a large amount fit this priority because its not important to them.

The 45million uninsured number is a bunch of BS. It really is more like 15million if you subtract the welfare recips that are too lazy or stupid to sign up for Medicaid and then subtract those people that can afford a HDHP/HSA but are rolling the dice they wont get sick.