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Re:U.S. death rates show how politics are affecting public h... by mistrial9 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:19PM (#31673419)
upvote and amplify this -- there are hundreds of massive factors that are not at all causative via political voting. I have heard obesity rates mentioned in other comments, and that is consistent with trends I have seen.

edit: hah- I said "obesity" and "massive factors" .. B&B score

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Re:U.S. death rates show how politics are affecting public h... by res0nat0r on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @05:00PM (#31674085)
This study is essentially saying the same thing that Jonathan Metzls' book, Dying of Whiteness said in 2020, in that a major cause of this is red controlled states rejecting Medicaid expansion vs. blue states embracing it leads to obvious worse outcomes for those folks who lack healthcare coverage.

https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Whiteness-Politics-Resentment-H...

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Re:U.S. death rates show how politics are affecting public h... by wolverine876 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:36PM (#31673673)
What factors did the study control for?
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