What I want to know is who they had to waterboard to get insurance companies to provide information about their policies written at a 6th-grade level
They probably had someone outside of the insurance companies do the translating, though I do prefer your waterboarding approach. Oh, that sounds so harsh. Better to call it "enhanced contract interpretation".
While technology can and does often empower people, it has little to do with leveling the playing field. Many technologies are developed for the sole purpose of attaining an advantage.
What you're saying is that motivation and effect can be very different. I agree, but as long as the effect is desirable, what problem does it cause?
Single payer means the government has 100% control of all health care, regardless of what anyone says differently.
Forget your ideological fantasies and stick to the facts. Name a country with universal health care where you can't get what you want by paying for medical services yourself.
Sounds like I should never apply for a job with the federal government - I'm worried I'd go postal. Congratulations if you haven't, but I don't know how you avoid it.
The linked article is subtitled "Medical Care Before the Welfare State, 1900-1930". In other words, medical care before even antibiotics had been developed. It was probably affordable in the 12th century too. What's your point?
Off the record many of the biggest multinationals have told reporters that they have run the numbers and single payer would help them
Sometimes even on the record. One time Toyota had a choice between putting a factory in the US and Canada, and flat out said they chose Canada in large part because of their health care system. And you wonder how Toyota beat GM. Hint: they think with their wallets instead of their country club buddies.
A whole buch of people on Slashdot, including myself, "viably moved" between nations... the USA is not sustainable. The USA lost too many positions on top
So why did you do a dumb thing like moving to a losing country?
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean'
Others prefer to use a defined definition, as provided for example by Merriam and Webster:
socialism 1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods 2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state 3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Please describe which Obama policies meet one or more of those definitions.
The common usage of these terms has varied wildly over the years.
Terms that can mean almost anything mean almost nothing. Liberal and Conservative in the political sense are just brand labels, and have little of nothing to do with the non-political dictionary definitions.
insurance companies have to actually spend most of their money on medical treatment, or give their customers a rebate
The proportion of premiums that the insurance companies have to pay out is called the medical loss ration. While the ACA puts a lower limit on the MLR, that limit is below the MLR they were operating at before the ACA was passed, which in turn is lower than what the insurance companies operated profitably at 10 years before that. It's like saying "we're putting an upper limit on your pay by giving you a raise".
That makes the whole stack fair game for confiscation
The radicals who wrote the Bill of Rights disagree.
no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized
They had a warrant for guns, not paper. Not that someone executing a search warrant would worry about a little thing like that. So what is their "punishment"? Oh, they can't use it as evidence in a criminal trial. So what? That wasn't their intent. They want to find the squealers in DoHS. There should be actual punishment for people who clearly violate the terms of a search warrant.
Coal burning power plants emit most of the mercury in this country. Using a CFL actually reduces the total mercury released into the environment because, in spite of containing a whopping 4mg of Hg, the electricity saved reduces Hg emissions by more than 4mg.
It would most likely be the power supplies, but either way. There are known techniques for handling all kinds of surges. This is not some piece of consumer garbage. If you can't install it in Central Florida (lightning capital of the world), and have it keep working in any conditions short of a direct lightning strike, then it's a lousy design.
Slashdot Mirror
The target demographic of this site is every adult living in the state, so it should be accessible to every adult.
You're on the wrong website. The GP is in the spirit of things, as he pretends to have a larger penis because he can read on a 7th grade level.
What I want to know is who they had to waterboard to get insurance companies to provide information about their policies written at a 6th-grade level
They probably had someone outside of the insurance companies do the translating, though I do prefer your waterboarding approach. Oh, that sounds so harsh. Better to call it "enhanced contract interpretation".
Sometimes the only way to control a pack of dogs is to shoot them.
The parrot speaketh.
While technology can and does often empower people, it has little to do with leveling the playing field. Many technologies are developed for the sole purpose of attaining an advantage.
What you're saying is that motivation and effect can be very different. I agree, but as long as the effect is desirable, what problem does it cause?
Single payer means the government has 100% control of all health care, regardless of what anyone says differently.
Forget your ideological fantasies and stick to the facts. Name a country with universal health care where you can't get what you want by paying for medical services yourself.
Sounds like I should never apply for a job with the federal government - I'm worried I'd go postal. Congratulations if you haven't, but I don't know how you avoid it.
You wonder how people like Stalin and Hitler came to power huh?
That explains the brutal dictatorships of Canada, Japan, Australia, and all of Western Europe, since they all have universal health care.
P.S. What color is the sky in your world?
You voted commie, you got commie.
I appreciate self-parody.
The linked article is subtitled "Medical Care Before the Welfare State, 1900-1930". In other words, medical care before even antibiotics had been developed. It was probably affordable in the 12th century too. What's your point?
Off the record many of the biggest multinationals have told reporters that they have run the numbers and single payer would help them
Sometimes even on the record. One time Toyota had a choice between putting a factory in the US and Canada, and flat out said they chose Canada in large part because of their health care system. And you wonder how Toyota beat GM. Hint: they think with their wallets instead of their country club buddies.
if this were all the Democrats, we'd have a single payer system
I agree, but it's a shame sightings of real Democrats these days is rarer than sightings of Sasquatch.
If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time
-- Harry Truman
You can always move back.
After all, this $15 million is important, but the $100 million that is laundered for Soros and Bennett by the Tides group every year is not important.
Cite?
A whole buch of people on Slashdot, including myself, "viably moved" between nations ... the USA is not sustainable. The USA lost too many positions on top
So why did you do a dumb thing like moving to a losing country?
You have news about Soros violating contribution disclosure laws? Please share and cite it.
To us, that is socialist.
Reminds me of another line:
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean'
Others prefer to use a defined definition, as provided for example by Merriam and Webster:
socialism
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2
a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Please describe which Obama policies meet one or more of those definitions.
The common usage of these terms has varied wildly over the years.
Terms that can mean almost anything mean almost nothing. Liberal and Conservative in the political sense are just brand labels, and have little of nothing to do with the non-political dictionary definitions.
insurance companies have to actually spend most of their money on medical treatment, or give their customers a rebate
The proportion of premiums that the insurance companies have to pay out is called the medical loss ration. While the ACA puts a lower limit on the MLR, that limit is below the MLR they were operating at before the ACA was passed, which in turn is lower than what the insurance companies operated profitably at 10 years before that. It's like saying "we're putting an upper limit on your pay by giving you a raise".
ivy league universities whose cultures are loaded with marxist philosophy
I was going to parody this comrade, but I couldn't think of any way to make it funnier.
I can never remember to run the encryption software on my dead tree files, either.
Scan, encrypt, burn.
That makes the whole stack fair game for confiscation
The radicals who wrote the Bill of Rights disagree.
no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized
They had a warrant for guns, not paper. Not that someone executing a search warrant would worry about a little thing like that. So what is their "punishment"? Oh, they can't use it as evidence in a criminal trial. So what? That wasn't their intent. They want to find the squealers in DoHS. There should be actual punishment for people who clearly violate the terms of a search warrant.
does the onus fall on the developers, a government agency or the users themselves?
Yes.
Thank You Planet Saving Fluorescent Bulbs for saving the planet by seeding our landfills with elemental mercury instead of evil carbon.
See p. 3 of http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf
Coal burning power plants emit most of the mercury in this country. Using a CFL actually reduces the total mercury released into the environment because, in spite of containing a whopping 4mg of Hg, the electricity saved reduces Hg emissions by more than 4mg.
LEDs are also sensitive to voltage spikes.
It would most likely be the power supplies, but either way. There are known techniques for handling all kinds of surges. This is not some piece of consumer garbage. If you can't install it in Central Florida (lightning capital of the world), and have it keep working in any conditions short of a direct lightning strike, then it's a lousy design.