Monday, July 06, 2009

Numbers on Health

Fascinating set of numbers here, pertinent to "health care."

Sample:

37: The "health care ranking" assigned to the U.S. by the World Health Organization among the world's countries. This oft-quoted number is used to justify an overhaul of the U.S. health care system and lists countries like Italy (2), Andorra (4), Malta (5), Singapore (6), Oman (8), Portugal (12), Greece (14), the United Kingdom (18), Ireland (19), Columbia (22), Cyprus (24), Saudi Arabia (26), the UAE (27), Morocco (29), Canada (30), Chile (33), the Dominican Republic (35) and Costa Rica (36) ahead of the U.S. Considering that no U.S. citizens travel to these countries when experiencing a life-threatening situation, it's worth questioning the methods by which the WHO arrived at these rankings. Their criteria included subjective and political assessments such as "Fairness in financial contribution". Suffice it to say that the WHO's rankings are clearly fraudulent and are designed to influence U.S. policy.

That 'ranking' has always smelled bogus.

HT: Riehl
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4 comments:

  1. Headless Blogger7/06/2009 9:18 AM

    Give that one a Drudge siren. It deserves more than a hat tip.

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  2. Zeus7/06/2009 9:45 AM

    Hey Dad29,

    My name is Zeus Rodriguez and I live here in Oak Creek. Just started a blog website: Hispanic Commonweal, Conservative Catholic Organization and would love to collaborate in the near future. I was looking for a contact email for you but couldn't find one. I plan on making a lot of noise here in Wisconsin both in the Hispanic Community and the Catholic Community. Read this: Catholics Beware

    Anyways, I hope you register for our Newsletter and we can keep in contact.

    Peace,

    You can email me @ zeus@hispaniccommonweal.org

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  3. Neo-Con Tastic7/06/2009 9:58 AM

    I recall reading some of the parameters that were considered during the rankings. While reading, I continually thought to myself that none of these had any merit.

    This ranking system is similar to how world organizations ranked standard of livings and political climates too. All are a total farce.

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  4. Dad297/06/2009 10:00 AM

    Zeus--there's a reason for the quasi-anonymity here, but I read your post--it's good stuff.

    Keep it up!!

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