Health Insurance can feel like a puzzle, where we can eyeball a part, but we won’t know if it’s correct until the pieces around it are found. In a sense, Medicare exists to help eliminate the puzzle aspect. However, the process of starting Medicare can be equally confounding. One of the most critical questions is, when do I sign up …
Change in Employment by Industry
This graph displays the seasonally adjusted employment change by industry in March 2020 in thousands. These numbers are calculated by taking the difference between the previous and current months total to jobs per industry to then determine how employment has shifted within a specific month. This chart is a good indicator to determine which industries are contracting or expanding within …
Unemployment Rate
The US Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of total employees in the United States that are a part of the labor force but are without a job. It is one of the most widely followed indicators of the health of the US labor market and economy. Historically, the US Unemployment Rate reached as high as 10.80% in 1982 and 9.9% …
Does Singapore Provide Better Health Care Than the United States?
Singapore is an Asian country with twice the population of Chicago. The country has one of the highest GDP Per Capita measurements in the world, higher than the United States. With greater production per person tied to a smaller and more manageable sized population, Singapore is able to get the best bang for their health care buck. They rank number …