The US government should track how many Americans don't have health insurance, instead of caring so much about GDP or the stock market. It's a KPI that would clearly show how poorly the economy is actually functioning.
> US government should track how many Americans don't have health insurance
"Source: The U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (data)". FTFA. You don't even have to read it. It's the source for the first graph. The one blown up before you even have to scroll.
The OP is claiming the country should re-align its priorities to optimize this health-insured number, not claiming the gov does not already track this number.
> OP is claiming the country should re-align its priorities to optimize this health-insured number, not claiming the gov does not already track this number
They absolutely claimed the latter.
But even to the first, they didn't make any policy claims! They said it "would clearly show how poorly the economy is actually functioning." That's not true! You can have a fabulous economy (with a well-performing "GDP or...stock market") with terrible healthcare KPIs, this is basically a petrostate.
Healthcare is measured. And it's discussed. One can debate how the total-insured figure should play into policy. That wasn't that comment.
