On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:48:54 +0000, NOYB wrote:


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:36:47 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


Why do Canadian's come to the US for health care? Because they can see
a doctor or get an MRI next week rather the 10 months from now.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarti...m?ItemID=10515

"Most of what we hear about the Canadian health care system is negative;
in
particular, the long waiting times for medical procedures. But we found
that waiting times affect few patients, only 3.5% of Canadians vs. 0.7% of
people in the U.S."

How is that not significant? If I wrote the headline, it would read:
"Five times as many Canadian patients are affected by long waiting times
compared to American patients".

The fact that the author downplays that important fact, yet hypes another
fact like "9.9% of U.S. respondents couldn't afford medicine vs. 5.1% in
Canada", shows his bias.

Throw the baby out with the bath water? All articles show bias. The link
was a counter-point to Bert's claims. There's no denying America has
quality health care, if you can afford it, but it is expensive and some
lack access. Just curious, if our health care is so great, why does it
keep becoming an issue? As we were comparing Canadian and US systems, I'd
be willing to bet, if a survey were done, that Canadians are happier with
their health care system, than we are with ours.