[gilaniali]

The Fraser institute, which published this study, has a right wing bias and is funded by the Koch Brothers. It seeks to displace the public system in Canada with private healthcare modelled after the US. While they claim independence and give their research away freely, one should be aware of their interests.

[lj3]

Proof?

[ori_b]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/koch-brothers-dark-money-repub...

https://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/charitable-fraser...

[lj3]

Neither of those links are proof that the study is invalid. So, once again, proof?

[ori_b]

Read again. The original posters claim was that the study was funded by foreign money that pushes an agenda, not that it was invalid.

As to the invalidity:

The fact that I have never waited for more than a couple of days for treatment in over 25 years, and neither had anyone I know (with 2 exceptions, both of which were for elective surgery like breast reduction surgery) does imply that, at best, their median measurement is measuring a specific niche, rather than general treatment.

Combine that with the fact that multiple agencies have measures wait times as being an order of magnitude lower than your source, and yes, I do think your numbers are invalid.

[lj3]

> The original posters claim was that the study was funded by foreign money that pushes an agenda, not that it was invalid.

Nobody's stupid enough to believe that one doesn't imply the other.

[ori_b]

If you believe one implies the other, then evidence of the funding should be sufficient as evidence of invalidity. If you don't believe one implies the other, then your question about the funding was answered, and you are moving goalposts.

[DanBC]

The brass fucking neck of you saying I'm not arguing in good faith when you produce a trainwreck of a thread like this.