Re: [OT] Re: anti-Kerry documentary vs. Moore's antiBush documentary

From: William Black (abuse_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:13:14 +0100

"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote in message
news:41a01d4e.165817182@news.west.earthlink.net...
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:27:11 +0100, in a place far, far away, "William
> Black" <abuse@hotmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
> such a way as to indicate that:
>
> >> >And, according to the CIA world fact book, has significantly poorer
> >public
> >> >health than most of Europe...
> >>
> >> That depends on how one defines "public health," but even if true,
> >> it's not necessarily a consequence of the health care system (e.g., it
> >> could be diet and lifestyle).
> >
> >The usual way is to measure infant mortality, which is significantly
higher
> >in the USA than in the rest of the civilised world.
> >
> >However the average lifespan is also an indicator, guess who's is low?
>
> And again, that's not necessary indicative of the health care system
> in either case.

Health care professionals say that it's as close as they can get to a
general measure of health care within a community.

That's because all societies try to care for their young children as best as
they can. 

-- 
William Black
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government

Relevant Pages

  • Sick Around the World-T.R. Reid Interview
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  • Sick Around the World-T.R. Reid Interview
    ... He is currently working on his 10th book, titled We're Number 37!, in which he compares America's health care system to others around the world. ... I had lived in both countries, I had doctors there and knew the systems. ... As we say in the film, the World Health Organization studied every health care system on earth and rated the world's richest country 37th in terms of quality and fairness. ... Canada is one country in particular that many Americans think about when they think of health care. ...
    (soc.senior.issues)
  • Re: OT: A woman for president!
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  • Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access (Annals of Internal Medici
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