A bit of a strange choice of axis, but technically it's correct, I think.
We see how during COVID people died earlier although expenses went up (didn't check the dates, but I guess that's the thing?), and afterwards expenses went down, but people grow older again
Or do I completely misunderstand this?
Yeah, it's correct. What they did is, for every year they place a dot with respect to x and y axis, then connected the dots. An unusual graph, but works well for this situation, IMO.
I was asking rhetorically since the graph makes it pretty obvious, but actually re-reading this article it's a bit more complex than I recalled. There was basically some legislation in the mid 1970s that made them possible, the model grew through the 80s, but by the late 80s low-rent HMOs had taken over, and a crippling combo of regulation (to create new barriers to entry) and deregulation (for the existing guys) basically cemented the for-profit HMO/PPO providers that we all know and love (haha) by the 1990s. Had we held out for another decade we probably would have seen socialized medicine by the Clinton-era, but instead we got this graph, where we pay more and get less than everyone else, and half the country thinks it's a great idea.
Poland has the worst air pollution in the whole of Europe. For one, they still have a lot of coal plants but even more importantly, a lot of homes have never been modernized and still heat with coal too. On top of that, many cars are also old and dirty.
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Kernal64@sh.itjust.works · 54 pts · 1y
I don't think I've ever seen what appears to be a line graph loop back on itself.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 pts · 1y
Visualise it as a 3d graph seen from the top.
lnxtx@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y
Math people are cringing.
naeap@sopuli.xyz · 23 pts · 1y
But in this graph it's correct, isn't it?
A bit of a strange choice of axis, but technically it's correct, I think.
We see how during COVID people died earlier although expenses went up (didn't check the dates, but I guess that's the thing?), and afterwards expenses went down, but people grow older again
Or do I completely misunderstand this?
abfarid@startrek.website · 10 pts · 1y
Yeah, it's correct. What they did is, for every year they place a dot with respect to x and y axis, then connected the dots. An unusual graph, but works well for this situation, IMO.
angrystego@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
I don't think they're cringing, this is perfectly correct.
lnxtx@feddit.nl · -1 pts · 1y
By the definition:
/sInfiniteFlow@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
This is not a function graph, though. It is a Connected Scatterplot.
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I have a degree in math and I'm not cringing
julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 1y
Can we please always link to the original data?
satanmat@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
FWIW. Here's the wiki link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita
will_a113@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y
Can you guess when HMOs became a thing (and Blue Cross converted from not-for-profit to for-profit)?
Balthazar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
1981?
will_a113@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y
I was asking rhetorically since the graph makes it pretty obvious, but actually re-reading this article it's a bit more complex than I recalled. There was basically some legislation in the mid 1970s that made them possible, the model grew through the 80s, but by the late 80s low-rent HMOs had taken over, and a crippling combo of regulation (to create new barriers to entry) and deregulation (for the existing guys) basically cemented the for-profit HMO/PPO providers that we all know and love (haha) by the 1990s. Had we held out for another decade we probably would have seen socialized medicine by the Clinton-era, but instead we got this graph, where we pay more and get less than everyone else, and half the country thinks it's a great idea.
nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
The US is on track to implementing the Euthanasia Coaster.
a14o@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
COUNTRY MONEY (GDP)
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Whoa, wtf is Polandball doing?
I didn't know such differences still existed (not counting USA ofc).
CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Poland has the worst air pollution in the whole of Europe. For one, they still have a lot of coal plants but even more importantly, a lot of homes have never been modernized and still heat with coal too. On top of that, many cars are also old and dirty.
Atlas_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Australia is definitely not counting deaths due to drop bears
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
What is Chile doing?
abfarid@startrek.website · 5 pts · 1y
Just Chileing?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Too chilly hot to chilly chill.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 2 pts · 1y
Not to worry, it’ll soon dip back down as the Almighty, who is also the Invisible Hand Of The Free Market, wills