It's the Medicaid Expansion, Stupid

I came across this nice post:

Health Policy Data Watch: Breakdown of the Uninsured Population https://t.co/iEodXLMWVJ pic.twitter.com/NlfuBS4QyU

— NEJM (@NEJM) November 28, 2016

My initial reactions: hmm, some of this looks like lack of Medicaid expansion, some might be from a combination of too-high premiums/insufficient subsidies/ignorance of subsidies etc on the exchanges.

But wait, "childless adults"? That sounds familiar!

"Childless adults, most uninsured under traditional Medicaid." For those who have studied health policy, it's a stimulus-response, like "chloramphenicol, grey baby" and "dental plan, Lisa needs braces."

I followed the link and noticed the normal, understated citation at the bottom of the post:

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation: Who is Impacted by the Coverage Gap in States that Have Not Adopted the Medicaid Expansion?

The title on KFF's page is, not surprisingly:

Who is Impacted by the Coverage Gap in States that Have Not Adopted the Medicaid Expansion?

This reminds me of the famous desaturation curve which appears in every airway lecture, as mandated by CMS due to Obamacare:

Note the title of the source of this familiar graph: Critical Hemoglobin Desaturation Will Occur before Return to an Unparalyzed State following 1 mg/kg Intravenous Succinylcholine.

(Benumof, Dagg, Benumof. Anesthesiology. 1997 Oct;87(4):979-82.)

How often are these graphs shared without noting their expressed purpose?