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Nipawin - July 3, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis, Laurea, M.Sc., M.Sc. | |
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I read the article "Proper way to challenge study: more research(1)" by Dr. Barry McLennan, and |
I laughed at this professional researcher's conclusion that Dr. David Cassidy's study(2) on the | |
merit of no-fault insurance should be challenged with more researches conducted in a logical and | |
scientific manner rather than through the emotions of people. | |
reductionist mind set |
Dr. McLennan's article is a reflection of a reductionist mind set whereby good research people |
are blamed for the systemic faults of the system, reprimanded, removed from office and replaced | |
with new researchers who take the roles of principal investigators and principal manipulators of | |
their subordinates and of their statistical data. Statistics is not comprised solely of the manipulation | |
of numbers, but it includes the stories and the emotions of people behind these numbers(3). | |
reassessed
without any further |
In SGI's no-fault insurance program we have injured victims who have claimed to have been |
under surveillance for years by SGI's investigators, and we have injured victims who have claimed | |
that their health conditions were reassessed without any further medical evidence. The discretional | |
reassessments of the health conditions of the claimants made by SGI's adjusters remind me of the | |
phony paper medical reviews undertaken by the State Farm Insurance company in the United | |
States(4). And whenever concerns for the infringements of privacy rights by SGI's investigators | |
were reported to the police, the same police said that they could not help because the surveillance | |
was ordered by the government(5). And the many allegations raised by injured claimants that | |
SGI's adjusters were lying to them, prompted claimant Ken Hidlebaugh, a policeman in Prince | |
Albert, to recommend the use of a tape recorder while talking to SGI's adjusters(6). | |
a political matter |
I don't agree with Dr. McLennan's contention to have further expensive researches, here in |
Saskatchewan, about the merit of no-fault insurance. We cannot have further researches on | |
no-fault insurance whenever we have widespread allegations of administrative wrongdoings and | |
violations of privacy rights by our authorities, our crown corporations and our academic | |
institutions. No-fault insurance is not a research matter anymore, it has become a political matter | |
affecting all of us(7). The future of our province is not in further phony researches, instead, the | |
future of our province is in the education and integral upbringing of our children. | |
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Proper way to challenge study: more research, by Dr. Barry McLennan, The StarPhoenix, June 30, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (The text of his comments) | |
The incredible abuse of Saskatchewan No-Fault insurance, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, May 28, 2000 | |
PUBLIC REVIEWS OF NO-FAULT INSURANCE IN SASKATCHEWAN, 2000 Spring meetings in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Coalition Against No Fault Insurance http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/ | |
Investigation of State Farm Insurance and paper medical review, Dateline, NBC, June 23, 2000; Burrelle's Transcripts <Burrelle@aol.com> | |
Public Review Hearing on No-Fault Insurance, Meyer CompuCourt Reporting, Transcripts page 25, Saturday, June 10, 2000, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | |
Public Review Hearing on No-Fault Insurance, Meyer CompuCourt Reporting, Transcripts page 29, Saturday, June 10, 2000, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | |
No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a political matter, it affects all of us, by Mario deSantis, June 9, 2000 |