pacotelic ([info]pacotelic) wrote,
@ 2009-06-22 22:52:00
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The Greatest Health Care System in the World.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a lot of common health indicators I might want, but this graph is pretty telling...

http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=6;ti=2006$zpv;v=0$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=pyj6tScZqmEeL79qOoKtofQ;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=pyj6tScZqmEcEYRXHDvupJQ;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=8.21;iid=phAwcNAVuyj0XOoBL_n5tAQ;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=CATID0;by=grp$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=0.3;dataMax=6657$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=1.1;dataMax=61$map_s;sma=49;smi=2.65$cd;bd=0$inds=

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[info]pacotelic
2009-06-23 03:04 am UTC (link)
This one's better, but not health care related
http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=6;ti=1994$zpv;v=0$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=pyj6tScZqmEd1G8qI4GpZQg;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=phAwcNAVuyj1jiMAkmq1iMg;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=8.21;iid=phAwcNAVuyj0XOoBL_n5tAQ;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=CATID0;by=grp$map_x;scale=lin;dataMin=0.0182;dataMax=25$map_y;scale=log;dataMin=240;dataMax=119849$map_s;sma=49;smi=2.65$cd;bd=0$inds=

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[info]ubet_cha
2009-06-23 04:28 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for posting these although I wish the data were more up to date. Everything I have read suggests Singapore and Hong Kong have two of the better health care systems on the planet. I don’t understand why they aren’t discussed more.

This link

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/healthcare/socialized.html provides a list of arguments & articles against universal healthcare. While I think the author’s goals won’t be accomplished I do believe it is a great resource to help sort out what to avoid so we don’t just jump on the ‘must have it’ bandwagon. If we’re going to embrace Universal Healthcare as I think we will we should try to do what we can to design the best model possible without costing a fortune or stifling availability. Blind support is just as bad as blind opposition.

Don’t forget the tiny url project! :<)

http://www.tiny.cc/

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[info]pacotelic
2009-06-23 09:49 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for reminding me. I gotta learn another IT standard, but it looks pretty usable.

I agree that we should be deeply skeptical of European style healthcare, inasmuch as it would be a huge entitlement program. There's a lot of pork, inefficiency and error in what we have, however, which is why I have no patience for those who think we have a good, working system.

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