I agree. There are a number of videos out there about rhe uptick in exorcism. (Priest at my local parish even made mention of a discussion he had had with an exorcist recently. That is not something you hear every Sunday.)
Okay, one problem I have with her argument is that the carriers cannot just set prices willy nilly - all plans are regulated and rates are approved by the individual state departments of insurance. I am not arguing they are angels, but insurance companies are a convenient whipping for politicians. They have to play within the paradigm set by government.
Obamacare set in place guarantees and guarantees cost money. That was the argument from the get go. I saw a trade piece the other day where out of network costs have doubled since it was put in place. The real problem is that it is not really insurance by definition. Insurance is risk management for catastrophic situations - it should be there because you had a massive car accident and needed to be helicoptered. Not because you have the sniffles - that should be paid out of pocket. We use it for everything in part because of the lack of price transparency which is wildly inflated as a result.
Also, the amount of private equity money in healthcare is astonishing. PE is about EBITDA. Frankly, should never be allowed in healthcare became it isn't about patients and administration makes decisions not based on the best interests of the patient.
One thing she may be onto - quarterly earnings are coming out now and they are sucking wind and have been all year. Claims are up. (Hmmm, wonder why???l
My friend's dad died a couple of years ago. I asked him what had happened and he replied 'old'. Nothing major diagnosed. Just a slow decline and then, boom.
Sometimes people give up because they just get, well, tired. My FIL fell and tore his elbow up pretty bad and broke a couple of ribs. He had been having dementia issues, but he was still able to walk, feed himself, etc. When he asked my MIL right after he fell, how old he was and she told him he was 80, he replied "well that's a good age". He was gone six months later.
Saw this a bit late, but congrats on the offer and 🙏 for the success of your counter offer! I went through the same game over the last couple of years and while it is never easy, it seems to have gotten exponentially more difficult. Good luck!
Exactly. Piece I read yesterday in one of the trade pieces was saying ACA "rates" would be increasing something like 112%. That's not the insurance company raising the rates- that's the subsidy falling off. Which was bullshit to begin with - you can't make $90K and be eligible for Medicaid- that's not what it was designed for and they know it, but given how people are pinched financially right now, they will freak out.
I think it was a Midwestern Doctor who wrote a couple of years ago about this. It was giving context to CV by comparing it to the HPV vaccine, which they have been pushing on girls (remember all the Gardasil ads?) One of the worst vaccines ever. They tested it in Africa and the in one village, the girls who came from wealthier families and were sending their daughters to school got the HPV, but the daughters from poor families who could not afford school tuition did not. Now the girls who got it are having fertility problems.
He was saying, “You won’t figure it out—so live faithfully.” It’s a call to obedience, not obsession. The faithful servant doesn’t spend all day trying to peek through heaven’s calendar; he just keeps the house clean and ready for the Master’s return>
Well put. It could be next week, next year, next century or 10 minutes from now. It will happen when it happens, so be prepared.
Okay, I have been mulling this over. I am wondering if age has something to do with it. I am early Gen-X, meaning I was in my 40s when social media really exploded. A lot of the social media influencers, though, were teenagers and learned from the get go to "manage" their online personna. Which can sometimes come across as insincere. Maybe inauthentic is a better word. But just...off. This is a generation where they swipe left or right to meet people. (I recently talked to a guy in his early 30s. He is trying to find someone, but he says women think he is weird when he wants to talk to them on the phone. That is just sad, because he is a sweet guy.)
I am in no way saying they are the only ones guilty of this, but part of me suspects they are so used to presenting a character that they don't even realize they are doing it.
Or I could be totally wrong.
Lawyer up? Not without a massive upfront retainer and methinks that particular bank account has been closed.
Edit to add: found an article on the subject - note average retailer costs for federal.
https://theeducatedfelon.com/what-is-the-average-retainer-fee-for-a-criminal-lawyer/
It is a kind of mini Lent
https://www.catholiccompany.com/blogs/get-fed/what-is-st-michaels-lent
My girlfriend has this and she has had multiple strokes. At least one is likely jab related (she very much regrets it).
Chris Cuomo, of all people, has talked about this on his podcast with Robyn Rose. I suspect he may have it, which may account for some of his health problems.