The website Tarbell has published an analysis of the 62 freshman House Democrats looking at their support for Medicare for All and how much in campaign donations from the health care industry that they received.  The author, Danielle Keeton-Olsen, states that those members who publicly declared their support for Medicare for All or Single Payer received an average of $5,796 while those who opposed received $10,880.  She also states that “It’s hard to pull distinct conclusions
because there are only a small number of candidates and a whole slew of
factors that could influence a donor’s decision to give.”  I beg to differ at least when it comes to support for Medicare for All.  I will look at the numbers by the race/ethnic background of the House freshman.

Looking at the racial/ethnic backgrounds of these Representatives who support medicare for all I found the above Table showing that 23 white representatives or 56% of them  and 100% of Asian freshman oppose Medicare for All.  By Comparison, 55% of African American, 63% of Hispanic, and 100% of Native American reps support it.  These differences are statistically significant by Fisher’s exact test (p=0.04064).

To look at the campaign contribution numbers for a statistical analysis of variance, I combined their numbers as white versus nonwhite.  Granted the numbers are unbalanced but I believe that something can be learned from these numbers.  The table above shows the numbers and percentages for each grouping.  Below is a bar chart showing the average contribution amount across four categories of donors: health Professionals, HMOs and health services, hospitals and nursing homes, and pharmaceutical and health products.