Lies, damn lies, and statistics

November 6, 2007

Consider the following widely-quoted assertions:

1) The United States has lower life expectancy and higher infant mortality than Canada, which has national health insurance.

2) Some 47 million Americans do not have health insurance.

3) Health costs are eating up an ever increasing share of American incomes.

John Ford
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