On 5/25/2013 8:05 AM, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:
> On Sat, 25 May 2013 10:03:03 -0500, Free Lunch <
lu...@nofreelunch.us>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 07:58:07 -0700, Klaus Schadenfreude
>> <
klausscha...@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.atheism:
>>
>>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 14:49:54 +0000 (UTC), Zepp <
de...@gone.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 05:46:02 -0700, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 24 May 2013 23:16:43 +0000 (UTC), Zepp <
de...@gone.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 24 May 2013 16:18:33 -0700, linuxgal wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Zepp wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 May 2013 14:59:11 -0700, linuxgal wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> MarkA wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> The GOP is shitting their pants because they know that once people
>>>>>>>>>> get a taste of a better health care system, they will NEVER want to
>>>>>>>>>> go back.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sure, but, uh, where are the Canadians gonna go to get MRI scans
>>>>>>>>> now?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They can pay $2,500 in the US, or they can get it already covered in
>>>>>>>> Canada.
>>>>>>>>
http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/internet/en/document/types+of
>>>>>>>> +care/specialized+services/medical+imaging/release_22jul2010
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, I mean before they die.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell us about the horrific waits in Canada, and compare with the wait
>>>>>> period the unlucky 45 million Americans face.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, sure!
>>>>>
>>>>> Excessive wait times for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies are a
>>>>> major problem in the Canadian healthcare system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Efforts to reduce wait times for MRI have focused on increasing the
>>>>> number of diagnostic imaging devices, as Canada lags far behind other
>>>>> countries in this regard. For instance, Japan and the United States have
>>>>> 35.3 and 19.5 MRI units per million population, respectively, whereas
>>>>> Canada has only 4.6.
>>>>>
>>>>> Management of MRI Wait Lists in Canada Gestion des listes d'attente pour
>>>>> les IRM au Canada
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653696/
>>>
>>>> Fuck's sake, Klod, how old is that propaganda.
>>>
>>> 2009. Can't you read?
>>
>> Even worse, the writers of that used
>>
>> Making the best use of radiological resources in Canada.
>> Stein LA
>> Healthc Pap. 2005; 6(1):18-23.
>>
>> Unless we go back to Stein's article, we only know that the data is at
>> least eight years old.
>
> Eight year old data versus Zepp's opinion.
>
> Feel free to provide something more current. That would be perfectly
> acceptable.