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Made up perspective to justify his angle.
Not having healthcare access for a lot of people is 100% a policy choice. Waved off here by a list that really says why we should have universal healthcare; some people are mental and not aware they could have access without the stupid policy decision.
Just strings together sentences to ultimately make a reductive point about arithmetic and their own literacy.
Despite Yale's issues they're still a better source than random blogger with high school math literacy.
Would free healthcare reduce deaths in uranium miners that are smokers? Probably some, but would it bring that to the same levels as non-smoking, non miners? Unlikely so. Hence it would be silly to pretend all the cancer deaths are due to lack of health care.
The smoking uranium miner example has a surprisingly realistic story, comes from real data; the dangers of radon in the basement were deduced from comparing cancer rates in smoking uranium miners with high radon in their basements, then they removed what they thought was the smoking and uranium contribution, then fitted to the general population.
My kid made a valid point that there was indeed a green MnM on the sidewalk next to the park.
Still didn't let them eat it.
It's a valid point in its own little bubble but other valid points mean more.
Stats are everywhere but stats that matter are rare.
He's actually a well-known and widely promoted political activist on X. His niche is using technocratic language and a whiff of 'analysis' to advance MAGA policies.