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On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 09:55:52PM -0400, Me wrote:
> From: "Nathan Saper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > In a recent WHO study, the U.S. was ranked (IIRC) 15th in the
> world
> > for healthcare (factoring in quality, availability, etc). This
> was
> > behind many socialized healthcare countries, such as Canada.
>
> >From memory. From my ass.
>
> I believe the US was ranked #37.
>
> The study seemed to rank countries based on some pretty useless
> things.
>
> For example, IIRC, it put a great deal of emphasis on relative
> levels of care within a country. Absolute or objective levels of
> care don't matter to the sick. That is why countries like Oman,
> Cuba, and Boobabooba outranked the US: almost everyone gets
> shitty, but equal, levels of care. Everyone gets to use that
> same needle.
>
> Also, it attempted to factor out the disabled, genetic freaks,
> the old and pathetic, etc. -- all of the people you care about.
> Chad can't afford to support these people, the US does, so it
> just wouldn't be fair if this were to be factored in. Those
> people just don't count!
>
>
>
Maybe we're thinking of different studies. I'm pretty sure the
U.S. did better than 37th in the study I'm thinking of.
I'll do a search of WHO's website, and if they don't have it, I'll
search Lexis-Nexis.
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