https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/06/trump-musk-medicare-spending-cuts/

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    19 days ago

    A Bluesky post by the reporter...

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    https://subium.com/profile/pbump.com/post/3lcpvdn3qws2q

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    this is pretty unfair because the people who are most dissatisfied with health insurance are dead

    • invo_rt [he/him]
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      19 days ago

      A few things spring to mind:

      • The chart excludes people with no opinion so it's difficult to tell the magnitudes the chart is showing.

      • The chart excludes people without health insurance so you're looking only getting an incomplete picture of what's going on.

      • More importantly, there's zero ability to cross reference this against who has had to actually use their insurance. I'd wager that people with a negative opinion have had to engage with their insurance for more than a physical.

      • Aren't people over 65 qualified for Medicare? Interesting how there's a sudden jump in approval.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        19 days ago

        Aren't people over 65 qualified for Medicare?

        Yeap.

        Interesting how there's a sudden jump in approval.

        I only look at a tiny slice of Bluesky but I have yet to see a lib there make that connection.

    • Taster_Of_Treats [none/use name]
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      19 days ago

      Or they can't have insurance and can't afford it but aren't dead... That should not be excluded from the bar graph either.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      19 days ago

      those with no insurance or aren't counted

      Go die of sepsis you piece of shit