Comments on: CANADA’S HEALTH SYSTEM DISSED BY ITS DAD

By: SmartDoc

SmartDoc — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:20:43 +0000

“We are proposing to give a greater role to the private sector so that people can exercise freedom of choice.”

Freedom of choice: that which liberalism hates above all else.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:15:22 +0000

Anderson was recently paraphased as having said that “high medical bills are the second most common reason for personal bankruptcies.”

( http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20080608_The_cost_of_hospital_care_is_difficult_to_pin_down.html )

A myth long since debunked. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/07/19/medical-bankruptcy-myth-debunked-yet-again/

So much for his credibility as an authority on statistical matters.

By: Catron

Catron — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:15:13 +0000

Two points, Marc:

1) Your reference to “stats 101″ is a giant, stinky red herring that you’re introducing in lieu of an intelligent response to the post.

2) Gerard Anderson’s credibilty was long ago compromised by his transparent political agenda. Gratzer’s stats were, in fact, correct (as he explains here).

By: Marc Brown

Marc Brown — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:48:16 +0000

Would that be the same David Gratzer who would flunk stats 101 re that prostate story? “You would get an F in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins if you did that calculation,” said John Hopkins professor Gerard Anderson.