tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post6405460080351970898..comments2024-03-13T02:17:39.644-07:00Comments on Restating the Obvious: Book Review 364: The Healing of AmericaHarry Eagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-25650852916192096782016-04-14T09:32:40.703-07:002016-04-14T09:32:40.703-07:00I have been mulling whether to respond to your ide...<i>I have been mulling whether to respond to your idea of rationing, beyond BWAAAHHHHHAAAA! I have decided that is sufficient. </i><br /><br />No surprise, given your analytical ineptitude.<br /><br />The age difference is a perfect example, in microcosm, of how care is rationed and a reason why health care is more expensive in the US than in your socialist wonderlands.<br /><br />BTW, the first time you said <i>In Japan no one bothers to make an appointment; they just walk in and get seen that day.</i> could be written off as ignorance.<br /><br />Now it is a lie.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-14458051199093448552016-04-14T05:50:59.593-07:002016-04-14T05:50:59.593-07:00Oh, and more fun-filled health care facts you can&...Oh, and <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/warning-medicare-may-be-bad-for-your-heart-1460416455" rel="nofollow">more fun-filled health care facts you can't be bothered to understand</a>.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-60931451668206270662016-04-14T05:50:51.707-07:002016-04-14T05:50:51.707-07:00Oh, and more fun-filled health care facts you can&...Oh, and <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/warning-medicare-may-be-bad-for-your-heart-1460416455" rel="nofollow">more fun-filled health care facts you can't be bothered to understand</a>.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-56493181092830858112016-04-14T05:49:46.504-07:002016-04-14T05:49:46.504-07:00Of course, Harry, there is absolutely no need to a...Of course, Harry, there is absolutely no need to allow reality to intrude into your ideological echo chamber.<br /><br />To pick just one example from hundreds you can't stand to have in your bubble, the notoriously right-wing (no, wait, the exact opposite of that) <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21519896" rel="nofollow">BBC points out health care rationing</a>.<br /><br />And I can't help but noticing you have still provided no basis for 22,000 deaths.<br /><br />Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-41305608358637586272016-04-14T05:46:31.309-07:002016-04-14T05:46:31.309-07:00Of course, Harry, there is absolutely no need to a...Of course, Harry, there is absolutely no need to allow reality to intrude into your ideological echo chamber.<br /><br />To pick just one example from hundreds you can't stand to have in your bubble, the notoriously right-wing (no, wait, the exact opposite of that) <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21519896" rel="nofollow">BBC points out health care rationing</a>.<br /><br />And I can't help but noticing you have still provided no basis for 22,000 deaths.<br /><br />Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-10736540537546948142016-04-05T18:56:05.090-07:002016-04-05T18:56:05.090-07:00I have been mulling whether to respond to your ide...I have been mulling whether to respond to your idea of rationing, beyond BWAAAHHHHHAAAA! I have decided that is sufficientHarry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-83063803621698039762016-04-05T11:41:43.181-07:002016-04-05T11:41:43.181-07:00[crickets][crickets]Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-75890295810543462162016-03-31T09:08:14.429-07:002016-03-31T09:08:14.429-07:00Oh, and another fun fact.
You hate chiropractic...Oh, and another fun fact. <br /><br />You hate chiropractic because you are so much more about people who use it than they do about themselves.<br /><br />I can hardly wait to hear your reaction to the fact that in Germany, acupuncture is prescribed for knee pain.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-8973556814363252622016-03-29T08:37:44.908-07:002016-03-29T08:37:44.908-07:00Fun fact I learned yesterday. In the US, doctors ...Fun fact I learned yesterday. In the US, doctors recommend colonoscopies start at age 50.<br /><br />In the UK, where they don't ration medical care, it is 60.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-18443432016478149842016-03-28T07:21:10.620-07:002016-03-28T07:21:10.620-07:00Given the number of times you have given "fac...Given the number of times you have given "facts" that turned out, on superficial examination, to be completely bogus, I'm sure you can understand my caution.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-24411978330351096392016-03-28T05:49:42.723-07:002016-03-28T05:49:42.723-07:00So, we agree you are wrong about rationing.
And I...So, we agree you are wrong about rationing.<br /><br />And I can see no reason to accept a number as unqualified as this one is.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-34752257916746029682016-03-27T20:06:38.737-07:002016-03-27T20:06:38.737-07:00It's in the book.It's in the book.Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-40772008482716183622016-03-25T00:01:08.454-07:002016-03-25T00:01:08.454-07:00In only one country do people die from rationing. ...<i>In only one country do people die from rationing. <i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=NHS+UK+rationing+deaths" rel="nofollow">Wrong</a>.<br /><br /></i>The total is in the millions. The lowest estimate of the annual toll here is about 22,000. </i><br /><br />Who made the estimate? What was the basis for it? What rationing caused their deaths?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.com