Re: Re: Health care -> Fact Check and Outliers

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Factcheck is a good resource but keep in mind that politicians are artful in their use of language. They are not cutting medicare benefits, they're cutting doctors and hospital medicare reimbursements by $200 Billion. I find the distinction tenuous as doctors are already dropping medicare patients due to difficulty covering costs.Recall the old fable about the scorpion and the frog crossing the river... When it comes to politicians "it's their nature".JR On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Ken Hodor wrote: For those of you interested in the facts or various other controversial topics, you might want to check out the website: http://www.factcheck.org/ It does an excellent job of providing a very balanced analysis of the issues. Also with respect to jwright's statement about saving those with high IQ, you might like to read the book: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Francisca brings up a good point about who would be being saved. In the Outliers book Gladwell points out that once someone's IQ is over 130 they are more influenced by their social environmental conditions. Were they raised in a socially positive and supportive environment or in an antagonistic environment. This Outliers book has been in extremely high demand in our local library. The waiting list put me on at 140 in the waiting queue. After one month, I finally gave up and acquired my own copy. Very well worth it and a great read. Best regards, Ken

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Actually, I didn't word it quite that way.

Hard to know at 13 days, the baby's IQ, I think.

The controversy might be the $150k for the operation versus let "nature" take it's course.

Those with the insurance surely (I think) want to save the baby. Those without might be encouraged not.

There are a relatively large number of birth defects (1 in 700?), not necessarily, preemies.

Here I saw a penniless baby saved. Maybe it's a moral issue, maybe money but certainly not IQ.

So the real question might be do we (the taxpayer?) want to fund such operations?

Regards

[ ] Re: Health care -> Fact Check and Outliers

For those of you interested in the facts or various other controversialtopics, you might want to check out the website:http://www.factcheck.org/It does an excellent job of providing a very balanced analysis of theissues.Also with respect to jwright's statement about saving those with high IQ,you might like to read the book: Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFrancisca brings up a good point about who would be being saved. In theOutliers book Gladwell points out that once someone's IQ is over 130 theyare more influenced by their social environmental conditions. Were theyraised in a socially positive and supportive environment or in anantagonistic environment. This Outliers book has been in extremely high demand in our local library.The waiting list put me on at 140 in the waiting queue. After one month, Ifinally gave up and acquired my own copy. Very well worth it and a greatread.Best regards,Ken__________ NOD32 4389 (20090902) Information __________This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.http://www.eset.com