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/SodamessNCO 13d ago

A lot of poor people are also black. Most of the poorest states that are also red, have the majority it America's black population in them. A lot of the things people criticize red (particularly southern) states for are shared and expressed more strongly in the high black populations in those states.

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u/BigPlantsGuy 12d ago

Political party has a stronger correlation to the obesity rate by state than “% of black people” does. The fattest state: West Virginia, is only 3% black.

It’s the politics unfortunately. But excellent attempt to blame black people for republican’s problems. Are you a republican elected official?

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u/SodamessNCO 12d ago

It's actually well known that we suffer from higher than average rates of obesity and other health issues. We also suffer from higher rates of poverty as well. I would know, my dad's side of the family was brought to Louisiana as slaves and my sister and I are the first generation raised outside the south. They're all horribly afflicted with obesity and diabetes. My aunt just lost her legs to it, and my cousin has congestive heart failure. My other grandparents were raised in New Jersey and those family members are a little more healthy in general.

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u/BigPlantsGuy 12d ago

Political party has a stronger correlation to the obesity rate by state than “% of black people” does. The fattest state: West Virginia, is only 3% black.

It’s the politics unfortunately. But excellent attempt to blame black people for republican’s problems. Are you a republican elected official?