Interesting graphs and charts department

[Lamplighter]

Hmmmm.... I thought Mme. Curie discovered Radium and a couple of other elements in Poland.

[Lamplighter]

First, I despise graphs/charts that display % of apples and oranges, even when done by the NY Times.

Today's NYT article starts out with maps of the states (apples) showing %'s of un-insured (oranges).
The geographic size of various states over-shadows the percentage value.

But eventually the authors get to the core of the matter - politics


We Mapped the Uninsured. You'll Notice a Pattern
NY Times - QUOCTRUNG BUI and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ - OCT. 30, 2015

They tend to live in the South, and they tend to be poor.



Politics matters.

Though several states with Republican leadership have expanded their Medicaid programs, many have not.
Over all, Republican-leaning states continue to have more uninsured people
than Democratic-leaning ones. But they also tended to have many more uninsured people at the start.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Today's NYT article starts out with maps of the states (apples) showing %'s of un-insured (oranges).
But eventually the authors get to the core of the matter - politics

Good thing they call it "insured" and not "covered" because as I've recently learned - in 2016 I'll have to spend $6000 out of pocket before anything is actually "covered" by my new insurance. Even better - its only costs twice as much as I was paying a couple years ago.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Hmmmm.... I thought Mme. Curie discovered Radium and a couple of other elements in Poland.

Poland wouldn't let her get an education. Naming Polonium was a political statement, the first and only element named as such.


Classic, Bloomberg explains why it's so hard to get good numbers.