Medicaid Could Save $2.6B Within a Year If Just 1% of Recipients Quit Smoking

Re:Medicaid Could Save $2.6B Within a Year If Just 1% of Rec... by xyzzy4747 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:53PM (#36867516)

1% of 11 billion is $110 million.

To go from a million to a billion, you multiply by 1000.

Same to go from 1 to one thousand or one thousand to one million. It’s also easy to remember since the commas are every 3 decimal places.

1/1000 is equivalent to 0.1%, not 1%.

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Re:Medicaid Could Save $2.6B Within a Year If Just 1% of Rec... by photonerd on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @02:03AM (#36873643)

Indeed, a typo, my apologies.

The point that it is a LOT less than 2 billion stands however

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