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Originally Posted by Blaster86
"I can make a very grandiose statement and not back it up if I want too. Why are you calling me on this? It's a message board, I can have outlandish opinions without backing them up! You shouldn't ask me to back it up!"
I like how you basically concede your entire arguement by saying, "I heard something in class once," then move on too, "Well for every one you find saying something bad you will find three more saying it isn't." I dunno, when the odds are 3 to 1, I tend to side with the three. Especially since, according to you, every bad one I find will just double the numbers.
There are opinions: "I personally think Canada has the second worst system behind the United States."
Then there is what you said: "The US has the worst healthcare out of developed countries, with Canada following as the 2nd worst."
That's you trying to pass your opinion off as fact and he had every reason to call you on it.
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Hey man, lets take it to PM, Devils Advocate can join as well. I'll gladly answer any questions you guys have and go refer to the sources presented to me. I have my notes and papers right in front of me lol. No need to get all antsy about all of this. But I'm curious, I do have a lot of papers showing Canada as being 2nd worst in a variety of areas. In my opinion they are second worst in general. I'm wondering though, what fact or criteria do I need to reference that states Canada is 2nd worst in the world?? Doctors per 1000 patients, infant mortality rate, wait times, % Publicly funded, % of GDP spent on Healthcare??? Which stat would you need. Any paper stating Canada is second worse is simply based on an analysis of all of those numbers and the OPINIONS of the authors.
Also, the whole 3 to 1 discussion isn't supposed to be a specific ratio. It was just an example that if you wanted you could find references to form almost any opinion you want (especially when discussing the medical field). I didn't go do a report and statistically analyze the paper ratio. I'll try to be more careful with what I type because you seem to take it very seriously, just relax, PM me with any questions you have.
Anyways, please feel free to PM me with any questions or concerns and I can provide you with references. One thing to learn when debating healthcare, saying which one is better will always carry a degree of opinion, it isn't something that can be explained by one stat, it isn't an EXACT science.