[OM] Re: [OT] Health Care

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Richard Ociepka <ociepka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> what
>> difference does it make how fast you can schedule an MRI if you don't
>> have any way to pay for it?
>
> In many cases if you can't get treatment fast enough it won't  
> matter if
> you pay or not.

As I pointed out, it's called "triage."

Can you really cite a case where someone in Canada died or had other  
serious consequences because they didn't get an MRI "fast enough?"

You can't take a statistical average and make a case that people  
aren't getting something "fast enough." It could be that a longer  
average waiting time means people are being treated successfully in  
some other way. Or not. It could be that a shorter average waiting  
time means that unnecessary procedures are being performed. Or not.  
You just can't tell from a single number.


:::: Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have  
guided missiles and misguided man. Martin Luther King Jr.
:::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/02CJDBGF>



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