Comments on: Health reform, too, falls on the shoulders of America’s baby boomers http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/2010/01/21/health-reform-too-falls-on-the-shoulders-of-americas-baby-boomers/ Exploring the intersection of investment and development, in Asia Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kevin http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/2010/01/21/health-reform-too-falls-on-the-shoulders-of-americas-baby-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-8162 kevin Tue, 03 May 2011 13:13:46 +0000 http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/?p=1899#comment-8162 Professor Taylor is very optimistic and I admire him for that. He believes that the hope lies in the baby boomer's children which reminds me of the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal, who also strongly believe that the children is the hope of the country. What I can do is pray that the healthcare system will become stable. I hope the authorities can make a way out. Professor Taylor is very optimistic and I admire him for that. He believes that the hope lies in the baby boomer’s children which reminds me of the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal, who also strongly believe that the children is the hope of the country. What I can do is pray that the healthcare system will become stable. I hope the authorities can make a way out.

]]> By: Damjan http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/2010/01/21/health-reform-too-falls-on-the-shoulders-of-americas-baby-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-6620 Damjan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:30:28 +0000 http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/?p=1899#comment-6620 You've taken the statement out of context. The Professor is listening to a classroom of high achieving young people, who are studying policy and thinking about these issues at a policy level more complex than your average American listening to talking heads on television. Yes, many of them are elite students, who have earned a place at one of America's small percentage of competitive colleges through hard work and talent. By wrestling with the details of health policy formulation on a day to day basis these students absolutely gain a much better understanding of health policy than the majority of people who do not get this training. Do I think this means that they are more likely to have a better understanding of health policy than the average person, even the older ones who have had time to find wisdom? Yes, absolutely. The wisdom of time can only get you so far in understanding complex issues. Sixty year olds cannot magically become great surgeons by skipping medical school and then watching E.R. the next forty years. Do I think that an education at a competitive college automatically means that someone is better informed about the topic? Certainly not. Does the reverse hold true, that someone who went to, lets say, a community college is automatically not well informed about the topic? Certainly not, again. Bottom line, the main point to take out of this is that within the college environment students, no matter their major, have the advantage of thinking about health policy formulation, without having to listen to the screaming of political hacks. Am I an arrogant, elitist prick? It depends on how you define it. I do not think that everybody's opinion holds the same weight on certain issues, and health reform is certainly one of them. But, yes, I do think that everyone having a vote in the matter is a good thing for the sake of consistency. I guess its a matter of opinion/perception. Finally, as a side note, think about how people's willingness to immediately, without so much as an introduction, resort to name calling on television, the internet, and other public forums is impeding any real chances we have at progress on many important issues of governance, not just health policy. You’ve taken the statement out of context. The Professor is listening to a classroom of high achieving young people, who are studying policy and thinking about these issues at a policy level more complex than your average American listening to talking heads on television. Yes, many of them are elite students, who have earned a place at one of America’s small percentage of competitive colleges through hard work and talent.

By wrestling with the details of health policy formulation on a day to day basis these students absolutely gain a much better understanding of health policy than the majority of people who do not get this training. Do I think this means that they are more likely to have a better understanding of health policy than the average person, even the older ones who have had time to find wisdom? Yes, absolutely. The wisdom of time can only get you so far in understanding complex issues. Sixty year olds cannot magically become great surgeons by skipping medical school and then watching E.R. the next forty years.

Do I think that an education at a competitive college automatically means that someone is better informed about the topic? Certainly not. Does the reverse hold true, that someone who went to, lets say, a community college is automatically not well informed about the topic? Certainly not, again. Bottom line, the main point to take out of this is that within the college environment students, no matter their major, have the advantage of thinking about health policy formulation, without having to listen to the screaming of political hacks.

Am I an arrogant, elitist prick? It depends on how you define it. I do not think that everybody’s opinion holds the same weight on certain issues, and health reform is certainly one of them. But, yes, I do think that everyone having a vote in the matter is a good thing for the sake of consistency. I guess its a matter of opinion/perception.

Finally, as a side note, think about how people’s willingness to immediately, without so much as an introduction, resort to name calling on television, the internet, and other public forums is impeding any real chances we have at progress on many important issues of governance, not just health policy.

]]> By: TheTruth http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/2010/01/21/health-reform-too-falls-on-the-shoulders-of-americas-baby-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-6619 TheTruth Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:38:51 +0000 http://www.asiahealthcareblog.com/?p=1899#comment-6619 "Maybe a large number of Americans, even those not educated at competitive colleges, will become better informed about policy and politics?" What an arrogant prick you are! I have a Ph.D. from a "competitive college" and am a professor at a University teaching healthcare classes- but I would never be so self-absorbed to believe that I have all the answers just because of the academic institution I went to or my SAT/GRE scores. Get some perspective, humility, and ultimately try to realize that the smartest people in the world are not 'mouthy' blowhards who spew their opinions everywhere so they can appear to be smarter than the general populace- but wise people who speak with conviction (based on knowledge) and are constantly learning (not assuming that they know everything because they earned a degree). A smart person knows what they don't know, a fool only thinks they know what they know. That makes you a fool. "Maybe a large number of Americans, even those not educated at competitive colleges, will become better informed about policy and politics?"
What an arrogant prick you are! I have a Ph.D. from a "competitive college" and am a professor at a University teaching healthcare classes- but I would never be so self-absorbed to believe that I have all the answers just because of the academic institution I went to or my SAT/GRE scores. Get some perspective, humility, and ultimately try to realize that the smartest people in the world are not 'mouthy' blowhards who spew their opinions everywhere so they can appear to be smarter than the general populace- but wise people who speak with conviction (based on knowledge) and are constantly learning (not assuming that they know everything because they earned a degree). A smart person knows what they don't know, a fool only thinks they know what they know. That makes you a fool.

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