Short term you are correct. Long term their goal is to close the loopholes and drive up costs. I have a more lengthy explanation in another part of the thread.
Sure you are taking an accountants view and are correct that the insurance company will exploit every loophole to deny creating profit in the short term. However, in the long run they want to close loopholes to drive up costs. Does the insurance company want 10% of a 10,000$ account or 10% of a 20,000$ account? Now for the car analogy- US auto manufacturers are always lobbying for new safety standards. Most consumers would not be interested in buying the safety widget, but if they are forced to the auto manufacturer gets another component they can 'skim' off of.
When regulation and governance is involved inefficiency creates profit opportunities.
Statements like this make it clear that people don't understand the nature of the insurance industry. They don't want to deny anything, as long as the other companies are forced to cover the same issue. That's why they want everything classified, so there is parity of coverage. I know it sounds counter intuitive but insurance companies make their money by skimming a percentage off of every transaction. That's why lobbyists pushed through the HMO model, which gave them a 'vig' from small transactions that people could just pay for out of pocket. The higher healthcare costs are, the more money they make.
The important thing is that other insurers are forced to cover everything so they won't have an advantage by being able to deny things. Insurance companies want costs to be high so they can justify their exorbitant fees.
I think people having the luxury to fixate over things has more to do with it- if you worked in the fields dawn to dusk I think your context about what is important/annoying changes quite a bit.
The implication I got from the OP is that a company like Gibson is an Icon for many artist types and they will be upset about Gibson being targeted this way.
Ever had to wait a day before your money was available to your credit card even if the money was deposited? It's not that big of a deal but the entire system is riddled with inefficiencies due to these batch jobs.
I do agree that there are cool things going on, but I also believe that as long as we are limited by human evolution there is an S-curve associated with human technology and achievements.
There are also physical limits that also put a ceiling on technology.
You must have had some shitty managers in your day. I just switched to management at 40 and I root for the developers too, that's why I help them keep from shooting themselves in the foot while at the same time shielding them from upper management BS.
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Short term you are correct. Long term their goal is to close the loopholes and drive up costs. I have a more lengthy explanation in another part of the thread.
Sure you are taking an accountants view and are correct that the insurance company will exploit every loophole to deny creating profit in the short term. However, in the long run they want to close loopholes to drive up costs. Does the insurance company want 10% of a 10,000$ account or 10% of a 20,000$ account?
Now for the car analogy-
US auto manufacturers are always lobbying for new safety standards. Most consumers would not be interested in buying the safety widget, but if they are forced to the auto manufacturer gets another component they can 'skim' off of.
When regulation and governance is involved inefficiency creates profit opportunities.
Statements like this make it clear that people don't understand the nature of the insurance industry.
They don't want to deny anything, as long as the other companies are forced to cover the same issue. That's why they want everything classified, so there is parity of coverage.
I know it sounds counter intuitive but insurance companies make their money by skimming a percentage off of every transaction. That's why lobbyists pushed through the HMO model, which gave them a 'vig' from small transactions that people could just pay for out of pocket. The higher healthcare costs are, the more money they make.
The important thing is that other insurers are forced to cover everything so they won't have an advantage by being able to deny things. Insurance companies want costs to be high so they can justify their exorbitant fees.
I think people having the luxury to fixate over things has more to do with it- if you worked in the fields dawn to dusk I think your context about what is important/annoying changes quite a bit.
How about they get rid of that stupid $&%*^ ribbon thing to free up some space instead.
....do not look at headlights with remaining eye.
Growing huge crystals is time, capitol and energy expensive.
This may or may not be a factor with this new material.
Solar power is not used to make hydrogen. Yes this can be done but industrial hydrogen comes from hydrocarbons, not hydrolysis.
Should beer be involved in this somewhere?
From Animal House:
"Thank you sir may I have another?"
Or to go a little further "I get grumpy at work if I miss lunch"
The implication I got from the OP is that a company like Gibson is an Icon for many artist types and they will be upset about Gibson being targeted this way.
I would say that a good understanding of classical physics is helpful too- ideas such as infinite speed or mass add context to the problem.
Ever had to wait a day before your money was available to your credit card even if the money was deposited? It's not that big of a deal but the entire system is riddled with inefficiencies due to these batch jobs.
What's the difference between manipulating a system with a card reader or a keyboard? Bits are Bits.
They aren't rare at all and there are deposits across the USA. Purifying them is environmentally a nasty business, which is why China supplies them.
I do agree that there are cool things going on, but I also believe that as long as we are limited by human evolution there is an S-curve associated with human technology and achievements.
There are also physical limits that also put a ceiling on technology.
The ironic thing is that they could have possibly anchored this off the coast of Japan and prevented the meltdown.
You must have had some shitty managers in your day. I just switched to management at 40 and I root for the developers too, that's why I help them keep from shooting themselves in the foot while at the same time shielding them from upper management BS.
ACLU took up a gun case in Texas not too long ago.
Buildings this tall tend to sway in the wind, so they probably aren't suitable for a telescope.
Only a geek would still believe that there is actually such a thing as something for nothing.
20% of 0 = 0
Miltary bases are leased, not owned.