Comment Comment by toomuchtodo Counterpoints:* Opioid abuse and deaths due to the inability to find employment [1]* Suicides directly related to the inability to find employment [2]* Bonus round: deaths due to inability to afford medical insurance or medical care [3] [4]So maybe not so ignorant. I hope this comment and associated citations helps you update your understanding of the situation![1] https://www.nber.org/aginghealth/2017no3/w23192.shtml (Are Opioid Deaths Affected by Macroeconomic Conditions?)[2] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1331677X.2018.1... (Does unemployment have asymmetric effects on suicide rates? Evidence from the United States: 1928–2013)[3] https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/deaths-health-care-bill/ (Deaths from a Health Care Bill?)[4] https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/may... (Raul Labrador's claim that no one dies from lack of health care access: Pants on Fire) parent toomuchtodo 7 years ago
* Opioid abuse and deaths due to the inability to find employment [1]
* Suicides directly related to the inability to find employment [2]
* Bonus round: deaths due to inability to afford medical insurance or medical care [3] [4]
So maybe not so ignorant. I hope this comment and associated citations helps you update your understanding of the situation!
[1] https://www.nber.org/aginghealth/2017no3/w23192.shtml (Are Opioid Deaths Affected by Macroeconomic Conditions?)
[2] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1331677X.2018.1... (Does unemployment have asymmetric effects on suicide rates? Evidence from the United States: 1928–2013)
[3] https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/deaths-health-care-bill/ (Deaths from a Health Care Bill?)
[4] https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/may... (Raul Labrador's claim that no one dies from lack of health care access: Pants on Fire)