The Social Work - 🤝Has child poverty decreased?
Good morning! ☀️ Last year, The Commonwealth Fund, a private U.S. foundation, issued a report which compared the healthcare system in the United States with 11 other high-income nations. The top performing countries were Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia. The United States ranked last overall, despite spending far more than any other nation. What did the highest performing nations have in common? They provided universal coverage, invested in primary care across different communities, reduced administrative burdens, and invested heavily in social services. Question: What percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP) did the United States spend on healthcare in 2019? NewsHas child poverty decreased?Earlier this week, news outlets across the board heralded an incredible new finding: Between 1993 and 2019, child poverty across the United States had decreased by 59%! The trend, as the original report claimed, was “unequaled in the history of poverty measurement in the United States.” This is highlighted by the graph below: What led to this dramatic decline? According to the authors of the original report, child poverty decreased due to:
Unfortunately, when things seem too good to be true, they usually are. The People’s Policy Project, a left-leaning American think tank, looked into the data and showed that child poverty may not have decreased at all. Instead, there were differences in the census which were “throwing off” the readings. They end their article with the statement: “If you remove this obviously bullshit statistical blip from the report, there is basically no child poverty decline at all after the year 2000”. 😔 Other social work-related news
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Answer: 16.8%. The chart below compares the U.S. spending to the 11 other high-income countries Reply directly to this email if you have any feedback. Great Good BadIf you liked this post from The Social Work Newsletter, why not share it? |
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