Topic summary
63%17 analyzed articles/videos11,512 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Medicaid results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 5,486 hits. Analysis detected 46,086 faulty-reasoning hits from 53,388 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,741 of 15,844 topics). This Medicaid is better (less manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510013.3% percentile
1.7% BS Score17 analyzed articles53.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Hundreds of Thousands Could Lose Home Care as Federal Government Freezes $867.5 Million in California Medicaid Payments29%
Medical Daily40%By Joseph James37%7/22/2026, 7:00:18 PM
Trump admin halts $800M in Medicaid payments to California. What’s next?18%
Yahoo News37%By Paris Barraza21% USA TODAY13%7/21/2026, 9:57:04 PM
Trump administration says it’s deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota62%
STAT42%By Associated Press60%7/21/2026, 8:10:43 PM
Trump administration says it’s deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota58%
AP News53%By Ali Swenson51%7/21/2026, 6:59:15 PM
Trump administration says it’s deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota64%
AP News53%By Ali Swenson51%7/21/2026, 6:59:15 PM
Trump administration pauses $1B in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota61%
Healthcare Dive91%By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn82%7/21/2026, 12:01:13 PM
Health care gives Democrats a potent issue for midterm elections in Iowa and beyond55%
Post and Courier48%By Nathan Layne Reuters0%7/20/2026, 8:00:00 AM
New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow25%
AP News53%By Geoff Mulvihill0%7/2/2026, 4:01:57 AM
Kansas is getting federal funds to ‘transform’ rural hospitals. Here’s how it’s being used12%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga0%6/23/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers12%
KFF Health News22%By Phil Galewitz0% Samantha Liss0%6/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM