Health Gap Widens Between Appalachia And Rest Of The U.S.

[egbertowillies]

Trumpcare would make it even worse for them. And they continue to support him? We need to get passed TrumpTV and get to them. Researchers found the infant mortality rate for Appalachia to be 16 percent higher than the rest of the country & a life expectancy of 2.4 years less.

https://singlepayerhealthcarenow.com/2017/08/08/health-gap-widens-appalachia-rest-u-s/

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Even though Appalachia is the capital of Trumpland the plight of its people is sad.

And it's even sadder they believe a charlatan like Trump cares about them or will actually help them.

[tonyt53]

3. I read an article years ago about how the Heritage Foundation used Appalachia as a model.

No matter the state they lived in, the people of Appalachia voted 95% GOP. The reason was clear, they were poorly educated and would accept at face value when someone that sounded credible said that Democrats were to blame for their plight. The GOP took the advice of the Heritage Foundation and ran with it.

[Aristus]

4. I would try to muster some sympathy, but when one is a willing, even eager, participant

in one's own economic repression, one is undeserving of sympathy...