Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Will Socialized Medicine Cure Iatrogenesis?

Hah.

Got ya there, eh?

[Iatrogenesis, with] 225,000 deaths per year constitutes the third leading cause of death in the United States, after deaths from heart disease and cancer. Also, there is a wide margin between these numbers of deaths and the next leading cause of death (cerebrovascular disease).

The answer to the question: Socialized medicine WILL reduce iatrogenesis.

See the link to Wiki to figure out why, and a big HT to Arms and the Law.

2 comments:

  1. Dad, I am not understanding - won't socialized medicine increase iatrogenesis, not cure it? Or are you suggesting that, because there willbe less health care, there will be less iatrogenesis?

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  2. It's the second, you fox, you...

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