I take that back about pretending to be obtuse. You are obtuse. Try reading my post again. I did not give WHO credit for inventing any vaccines I said that it used vaccines to eliminate problem diseases. Of course, given your stance I expect you will try to deny that obvious historical fact the way that you usually dismiss any fact that disagrees with your dogmatic position. Swine flu BTW has very little to do with the fact that without WHO's actions over the last six decades literally hundreds of millions of people would be dead. But apparently one error by any world organization places it on your blacklist forever. Too bad that your double standard does not apply to the private sector firms you are always praising.
Enough with your beating around the bush on this. Every time you can't provide a semblance of a rebuttal you deflect the discussion with someone being 'obtuse' or ya run off and pout by refusing to discuss (see below). That said, I will happily discuss the education topic in an appropriate venue, but understand that the parallels between healthcare and (formerly) the school system in AB had striking similarities.
My point in referring to the school system was to illustrate the reality that a parallel system isn't all doom 'n gloom.
In terms of WHO, they 'report' on the problems and 'analyze' situations and if you recall, their most recent fiasco of single-handedly fabricating a global panic regarding swine flu... Think back to that event and recall if any of the impending pandemic unraveled as WHO stated it would. All they were good for in that fiasco was creating a huge demand for vaccine... That's it.
Sarah Palin north are ya? And without about as much sense as that woman usually makes. No I am not confused. Just in case you have noticed it has been my point all along that Canada gets very poor value for the money it spends; so thank you for accidentally agreeing with me. It was you who contradicted that statement the first time with this little comment: "No matter how you cut it, you gotta pay-to-play. You desire 1st rate healthcare services, be prepared to pay the dollars" Apparently you not only can't read my posts correctly you can't even remember your own.
Learn to read between the lines already, no one is going to spoon-feed you the realities of this issue.
When you cut out all of the BS in the above statement, you are left with the same question... Are you prepared to pay for the level of service that you demand?... The critical element in that sentence is "the level of service that YOU demand". You want to flush more money down the toilet, that's fine by me, but don't go off wondering why you aren't getting value for your dollar.
Case in point, you were presumably under the impression that French doctors made a fraction of Canadian physicians and thereofre, this element had a reflection on that nation's quality ranking... You were wrong.
The French (among many European nations) maintain parallel public/private service providers. The gvt spends less because it gives the option for patients to out of pocket, while that same patient simultaneously pays taxes that support the public system.
So, there you have it... The French are willing to 'pay to play' and the results are reflected in the much vaunted WHO ranking.
So far as your educational comments are concerned I refuse to discuss them here other than you say that they indicate woeful ignorance of Alberta's educational system. I do note that you were unable to reply intelligently to any point I made. Simply asserting something over and over again does not make it correct. If you wish to post them in the appropriate thread I will attempt to reply to them provided you actually add anything new. Somehow, judging from most of your posts I doubt that will happen.
Your comments don't hold that much authority or sway considering you were passing yourself off as knowledgeable about European healthcare trends.... You're all choked-up because I took a run at your industry and you don't like any disagreement that isn't supportive of the system, the ATA has been that way since it's inception and the wholesale response to any dissenting opinion is that "they don't understand" or assuming a militant stance.
Those days are gone my friend. The ATA is about as relevant is the CUPW in the postal service.
