this is disturbing...

Uninsured cancer patients more likely to die

am I the only one who thinks this is a ridiculous thing to study? cancer is exactly something that you can cure with bedrest and a bowl of chicken noodle soup. chemo and radiation therapy, to say nothing of invasive surgeries to remove tumours, are incredibly expensive. odds are pretty good if you don't have insurance, you don't have fat stacks of cash lying around either.

so gee, if you don't have insurance and can't pay for treatment, you mean you're more likely to die of cancer? I'd be curious to see how strong the correlation is between "not getting treatment" and "not surviving" is...

jesus christ, people are stupid... where do I sign up to get in on that government grant to study whether or not water is wet?

it seems to me that fixing the health care system could be better suited by spending money on things that aren't blatantly obvious. I still contend that insurance companies are WHY the health care industry is so fucked up. if they weren't constantly fucking with the prices, maybe people could actually afford to pay for procedures themselves. or heaven forbid our government actually subsidise health care, like they do in civilised countries...

but hey, at least c-89 is playing "tarzan boy" for the second time this morning.