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> I am of the 80 percent of people who get decent health coverage via my employer Fact Check: Only 55.4% of all Americans and 58% of Americans under the age o

by ebg13 6y ago

> I am of the 80 percent of people who get decent health coverage via my employer Fact Check: Only 55.4% of all Americans and 58% of Americans under the age of 65 had employer-based health insurance in 2019. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-271.pdf https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publicatio... https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2019-05/55085-HealthCoverageSubsidies_0.pdf https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2019-05/55085-HealthCoverag... > I've tried to say these sorts of views on reddit, but just get called a troll or a liar. I think it would help if you didn't start by saying that 80 percent of people have employer coverage, decent or otherwise. Because it's both false and easy to check.

Gunax 6y ago
Okay, you're right. I should have just said majority. I didn't mean it statistically, just that most americans are insured, either by purchasing privately or by their employer. It's an internet comment not a journal article.
- ebg13 6y ago
  > I didn't mean it... Saying things you don't mean might be why people on reddit accused you of being a troll or a liar. I don't have proof, but it seems like a good place to start. > It's an internet comment not a journal article. "It's the internet so I can say whatever I want regardless of facts" is not a mindset conducive to meaningful conversation. I'm guessing again that it might be why the people on reddit dismissed you. You might not think that this is important, but, speaking to your complaint that outlets "give this impression that dissent arrises only from ignorance, and I must be some evil, Mr Burns-esque robber baron", it seems pertinent that the available interpretations for people encountering what you said are that either you didn't know that the real number was far lower than what you said or you knew and were intentionally misrepresenting things.

by ebg13 6y ago

Gunax 6y ago

Okay, you're right. I should have just said majority. I didn't mean it statistically, just that most americans are insured, either by purchasing privately or by their employer. It's an internet comment not a journal article.

ebg13 6y ago
> I didn't mean it... Saying things you don't mean might be why people on reddit accused you of being a troll or a liar. I don't have proof, but it seems like a good place to start. > It's an internet comment not a journal article. "It's the internet so I can say whatever I want regardless of facts" is not a mindset conducive to meaningful conversation. I'm guessing again that it might be why the people on reddit dismissed you. You might not think that this is important, but, speaking to your complaint that outlets "give this impression that dissent arrises only from ignorance, and I must be some evil, Mr Burns-esque robber baron", it seems pertinent that the available interpretations for people encountering what you said are that either you didn't know that the real number was far lower than what you said or you knew and were intentionally misrepresenting things.