Words matter.
If a job posting says a job requires a "rock star" more
men than women will apply. Say a job
requires a "passion for learning" and you will attract more women
than men. And, if you use jargon such as "synergy" or "push the
envelope" fewer non-whites will respond.
(Miller, 2016)
So it's interesting that the Affordable Care Act, ACA for
short, has become widely known as Obamacare.
The name might have started out as a negative, but for the millions of
people who now have affordable healthcare Obamacare is definitely a positive.
Unfortunately the drumbeat of fake news has meant that the
number of uninsured has gone up by seven million since Trump became president.
(Kliff,2019)
Trump has also eliminated a NSC position to coordinate
responses to pandemics and slashed budgets at the CDC and Department of Health
and Human Services. He has proposed a 53% cut to the World Health
Organization this year - you know, the ones who are actually fighting this
virus. (Reich, 2020)
Therefore it seems only fair that he own the situation he created,
so I agree with Gail Collins of The New
York Times, lets call it what it is - the Trumpvirus. (Collins, 2020)
And here's hoping it doesn't kill us all.
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Kliff, S. (2019,
January 23) Under Trump, the number of
uninsured Americans has gone up by 7 million. vox.com. Retrieved March 3,
2020, from https://www.vox.com/2019/1/23/18194228/trump-uninsured-rate-obamacare-medicaid
Reich, R. (2020, March 1)
Coronavirus is bad enough - Trump's cuts have made the danger far
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