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sixby9is42
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I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.
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catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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Wow, I aced this thing! I guess being addicted to NPR has its advantages, even if it gives minor indigestion at times.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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"You correctly answered 10 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 94% of the general public."
Which is better than I thought I'd do. I pay much more attention to local issues than I do national ones, but I guess the small amount of attention I pay is good enough. ;)
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Andrew Hall
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sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question. The program "Medicare" is less than national defense, correct. OTOH, Medicare is a portion of the spending (non-discretionary)of federal healthcare spending (CMS) which includes Medicaid and is greater than national defense.
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berdawn
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Andrew Hall wrote >>
sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question. The program "Medicare" is less than national defense, correct. OTOH, Medicare is a portion of the spending (non-discretionary)of federal healthcare spending (CMS) which includes Medicaid and is greater than national defense.
A.How is that misleading? It's not as though the possible answers included "roads" when they meant the highway system or something. it's a discrete item and most people would, I hope, recognize spending for healthcare for the elderly is separate from spending for the mothers, their children, and the disabled.
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Andrew Hall
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berdawn wrote >>
Andrew Hall wrote >>
sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question. The program "Medicare" is less than national defense, correct. OTOH, Medicare is a portion of the spending (non-discretionary)of federal healthcare spending (CMS) which includes Medicaid and is greater than national defense.
A.How is that misleading? It's not as though the possible answers included "roads" when they meant the highway system or something. it's a discrete item and most people would, I hope, recognize spending for healthcare for the elderly is separate from spending for the mothers, their children, and the disabled.
It isn't that discrete. 10-25% (by state, I don't recall overall # - it was something like 15% in OH) of Medicare are < 65. And a significant portion of Medicaid enrollees are covered under Medicare as well.
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Andrew Hall wrote >>
berdawn wrote >>
Andrew Hall wrote >>
sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question. The program "Medicare" is less than national defense, correct. OTOH, Medicare is a portion of the spending (non-discretionary)of federal healthcare spending (CMS) which includes Medicaid and is greater than national defense.
A.How is that misleading? It's not as though the possible answers included "roads" when they meant the highway system or something. it's a discrete item and most people would, I hope, recognize spending for healthcare for the elderly is separate from spending for the mothers, their children, and the disabled.
It isn't that discrete. 10-25% (by state, I don't recall overall # - it was something like 15% in OH) of Medicare are < 65. And a significant portion of Medicaid enrollees are covered under Medicare as well.
A.That's an interesting point. See what you mean about it being slightly misleading.
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jimbach
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Andrew Hall
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Andrew Hall wrote >>
sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question.
No it's not.
It is a category error. Medicare is a specific program, not an "activity." The other options in the question were larger, more nebulous and truly activites (not specific programs.) In context,
Flip it around - make the options "Healthcare" and "the Army." It is just as misleading in context as people will say 'the Army' to represent the military as a whole just like people will say 'Medicare' to represent government healthcare spending as a whole. It doesn't mean people are ill-informed or stupid, just casual in their speech.
I didn't say it was a bad question or even designed to make a particular point. The hows and whys of the confusion are more informative than the poll itself though.
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berdawn
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Andrew Hall wrote >>
berdawn wrote >>
Andrew Hall wrote >>
sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question. The program "Medicare" is less than national defense, correct. OTOH, Medicare is a portion of the spending (non-discretionary)of federal healthcare spending (CMS) which includes Medicaid and is greater than national defense.
A.How is that misleading? It's not as though the possible answers included "roads" when they meant the highway system or something. it's a discrete item and most people would, I hope, recognize spending for healthcare for the elderly is separate from spending for the mothers, their children, and the disabled.
It isn't that discrete. 10-25% (by state, I don't recall overall # - it was something like 15% in OH) of Medicare are < 65. And a significant portion of Medicaid enrollees are covered under Medicare as well.
A.it seems that state figures wouldn't matter when looking at the federal portion, only if it were state-specific budget allocation question
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Andrew Hall
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berdawn wrote >>
Andrew Hall wrote >>
berdawn wrote >>
Andrew Hall wrote >>
sixby9is42 wrote >>
I just missed one question: "On which of these activities does the U.S. government currently spend the most money?" I picked Medicare instead of national defense.That is a slightly misleading question. The program "Medicare" is less than national defense, correct. OTOH, Medicare is a portion of the spending (non-discretionary)of federal healthcare spending (CMS) which includes Medicaid and is greater than national defense.
A.How is that misleading? It's not as though the possible answers included "roads" when they meant the highway system or something. it's a discrete item and most people would, I hope, recognize spending for healthcare for the elderly is separate from spending for the mothers, their children, and the disabled.
It isn't that discrete. 10-25% (by state, I don't recall overall # - it was something like 15% in OH) of Medicare are < 65. And a significant portion of Medicaid enrollees are covered under Medicare as well.
A.it seems that state figures wouldn't matter when looking at the federal portion, only if it were state-specific budget allocation question
Medicaid is Federally funded. State administered, thus the differences. The Federal budget for Medicare + Medicaid is about the same (slightly over) defense in 2010.
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labi
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berdawn wrote >>
new quiz from the Pew folks!
http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php12 right!! But beneficiary of limited multiple-choice choices on a couple.
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berdawn
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