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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Alighieri who wrote (14118)	3/9/2010 6:41:24 AM
From: Lane3	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 42652

these organizations are highly respected and I have no reason to dismiss their findings... So are the USDA and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. And they are both still telling us that eating cholesterol and saturated fat cause heart disease. The USDA pyramid is a major contributor to our health problems. So is NIH a respected organization, and it's still telling us that cholesterol causes heart disease. Yet studies tell us otherwise if we analyze them rather than reading the headlines and listening to the "experts." Fortunately, more thoughtful analysis of those studies is starting to creep into the mainstream press but only after decades of bad advice has made us sicker. We have legions out there trying to control their cholesterol when studies don't even correlate high cholesterol and cardiac events let alone demonstrate causality. Did you look at the criticisms that I made of that study? If you had considered them thoughtfully you would see that the studies don't demonstrate what you believe that they do. If you have "no reason to dismiss their findings," it's because you choose not to look let alone see. it's not difficult to envision how individuals without proper insurance or who are under-insured can become vulnerable to preventable diseases or detectable forms of cancer. No, it's not difficult. The gut easily goes there, particularly if it resonates with preconceptions. Not hard at all to support that. Supporting that conclusion with a study, not so much. Even if you go about it honestly and skillfully, it's a tough haul. That's why they didn't accomplish it. What they did was appeal to your instincts, your pre-conceptions, with ersatz, popular science. Works just about all the time. Cognitive dissonance is a bitch.

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