"As for political articles, the test is whether the article is an instance of the ordinary back and forth of debate on some political question, or whether it's about some deeper underlying phenomenon that only happens to be related to politics. E.g. "Politician A accuses Politician B of X" or "Why policy Y is good/bad" are probably both offtopic, whereas "How political campaigns use statistics" is probably ok."
"Why the US healthcare system is broken" (well written or not) can be judged "politics" by this guideline according to the "Why policy Y is good/bad" part.
That said,
suggestion 1: This would be a great addition to the HN guidelines. Appending the above to "Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." would add clarity.
suggestion 2: Can the "misflag rate" be made visible to flaggers as part of their profiles? This would help us improve our flagging.
"Why the US healthcare system is broken" (well written or not) can be judged "politics" by this guideline according to the "Why policy Y is good/bad" part.
That said,
suggestion 1: This would be a great addition to the HN guidelines. Appending the above to "Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." would add clarity.
suggestion 2: Can the "misflag rate" be made visible to flaggers as part of their profiles? This would help us improve our flagging.