r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/BigPlantsGuy 13d ago

What’s your proposal?

it is crazy how well obesity rates correlate to political parties.

If you start at the fattest state, you have to go to number 13 before you hit your first democratic 2020 voting state. 19 for your second. Only 2 dem states in the bottom 20, only 4 rep states in the top 20

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u/ncroofer 13d ago

It’s also crazy how it correlates to poverty. Poor people are fat, and poor people vote Republican.

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u/Dicka24 13d ago

There's a higher rate of poverty amongst minorities. Minorities tend to vote....oh wait.

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u/Obie-two 13d ago

But it isn’t about “higher rate” it’s about “what if 20% of the total population became not obese”. And the vast majority of them are rural white poor Americans.