Comments on: A Little Sicko FYI http://davebudge.com/?p=1392 Finance, Economics & Random Musings Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Skewed Stats http://davebudge.com/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-170807 Skewed Stats Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:37:09 +0000 http://davebudge.com/?p=1392#comment-170807 Dave: You need to be less fearful and more inquisitive. Race is hardly a “nuance” when it comes to healthcare statistics. (You can do your own research on that subject.) You would have to compare countries of equal racial composition to get a fair idea of which country has the better healthcare statistics. If you do, I think you will find, for example, that the healthcare statistics for Vermont are about the same or better as those for Sweden, the two populations being more than 97 percent white. But if you group, say, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina together and compare them to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the latter group will always appear to have the better healthcare system. Last, try not to confuse healthcare equality with healthcare quality. They are two different things. Dave: You need to be less fearful and more inquisitive.

Race is hardly a “nuance” when it comes to healthcare statistics. (You can do your own research on that subject.) You would have to compare countries of equal racial composition to get a fair idea of which country has the better healthcare statistics. If you do, I think you will find, for example, that the healthcare statistics for Vermont are about the same or better as those for Sweden, the two populations being more than 97 percent white. But if you group, say, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina together and compare them to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the latter group will always appear to have the better healthcare system.

Last, try not to confuse healthcare equality with healthcare quality. They are two different things.

]]> By: Andy B. Hammond http://davebudge.com/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-170716 Andy B. Hammond Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:14:16 +0000 http://davebudge.com/?p=1392#comment-170716 Excellent information, Dave. I'm dumbfounded why anybody would cite Cuba as an example of how we should run anything in the US. While our system does have it's problems, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world four my health and medical care. Thanks for the great post! Excellent information, Dave. I’m dumbfounded why anybody would cite Cuba as an example of how we should run anything in the US.

While our system does have it’s problems, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world four my health and medical care.

Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: David http://davebudge.com/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-170574 David Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:15:00 +0000 http://davebudge.com/?p=1392#comment-170574 I'm increasingly convinced that you're a racist inasmuch as you bring the issue of race up as a prima facia point of argument. Bringing the issue up would seem to validate the claim of the left that our health care system is systemically racist - which I don't buy. Is that your intention? That said, I don't have any idea if you're right of wrong about the number of blacks in the EU population but I think the points here are well enough served without the nuance of race. I’m increasingly convinced that you’re a racist inasmuch as you bring the issue of race up as a prima facia point of argument. Bringing the issue up would seem to validate the claim of the left that our health care system is systemically racist – which I don’t buy. Is that your intention?

That said, I don’t have any idea if you’re right of wrong about the number of blacks in the EU population but I think the points here are well enough served without the nuance of race.

]]> By: Skewed Stats http://davebudge.com/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-170570 Skewed Stats Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:40:09 +0000 http://davebudge.com/?p=1392#comment-170570 Before comparing European health statistics to those for the US, the numbers should be adjusted for race. No European healthcare system has to cope with 15 percent of its population being black. Before comparing European health statistics to those for the US, the numbers should be adjusted for race. No European healthcare system has to cope with 15 percent of its population being black.

]]> By: GeeGuy http://davebudge.com/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-170535 GeeGuy Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:15:08 +0000 http://davebudge.com/?p=1392#comment-170535 Another lie often told refers to the huge numbers of people who go 'without healthcare.' Given that hospitals are legally required to serve exigent cases, I don't understand how this could be a huge number. What is more accurate is that people get the healthcare, and then don't want to pay for it. We had a great example in Great Falls recently. A Canadian couple with quadruplets couldn't get help anywhere in the vaunted Canadian healthcare system; they came to the US for the delivery. Another lie often told refers to the huge numbers of people who go ‘without healthcare.’ Given that hospitals are legally required to serve exigent cases, I don’t understand how this could be a huge number.

What is more accurate is that people get the healthcare, and then don’t want to pay for it.

We had a great example in Great Falls recently. A Canadian couple with quadruplets couldn’t get help anywhere in the vaunted Canadian healthcare system; they came to the US for the delivery.

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