Fair enough, I'll agree that doing this at the federal level would be out-of-line. Nothing in the summary, though, says anything about who's to do the mandating.
It will be mandated by executive decree of the Obama administration some time during his fourth or fifth term.
In the early 80's, my brother cut his knee quite badly. Mom took him to the family doctor office where they numbed him up, stitched the cut closed, and sent him home. Probably a $200 event in today's dollars.
Today? That would be an ambulance ride ($1000) to the hospital Emergency room ($3000), where an anesthesiologist ($2500) would administer the sedative ($500) while the surgeon on call ($2000) would stitch the cut with a couple of nurses ($1500) attending. Then they'd keep him overnight ($5000) for observation.
That's why health care is so expensive.
Just wait until the government is done with it. Prices will go the same direction as tuition and housing and for the same reason.
Try to stage a violent takeover of the Google headquarters and taxpayer funded police will take care of it in short order. Standing behind all that is the taxpayer funded military.
It takes 2 months for the current crop to form. So if this study found something real, the effect could last for a while. At least, long enough to matter if you're actively trying to conceive.
Most slashdotters don't get out of the city very often. I live on a suburban road with a 35mph speed limit and a 50mph typical flow of traffic. Engines are quiet but tire noise is maddening. Hybrids aren't any quieter than the next car.
November 7, the entire school board for my county of 60,000 residents went up for election. Only 2000 people voted. Several of the board members ran uncontested. The rest were reelected.
If you don't like crap like this, get yourself or someone you trust on the school board. It can't be that hard!
The general voting public ignores local politics, which is much more important for day to day life.
In the U.S., the EPA would have been up their asses from years before the factory was even built and never let up. The regulatory red tape would be so thick that eventually the company would give up and move offshore to somewhere with less restrictions. Which, coincidentally, is exactly what they and everybody else has done. Move to China.
Cheap goods, jobs, or clean water. Which is it going to be?
There should be a clock in every conference room. Or, even better, a timer.
If I can't see a clock, and don't feel like fishing the phone out of my pocket to look, I've got a pretty good idea how long it's been since the last time I looked at the time. Give or take a couple of minutes.
Now, yes, a watch is cool. I like the ones with all the exposed gears and perfectly machined parts that I see in magazine ads. Especially the ones with diving or aeronautical readouts that I don't understand. But is the watch cool, or is it cool because it's being worn by Sir Richard Branson or John Travolta while standing in front of a Learjet? It probably wouldn't look that good on my wrist while I'm climbing out of my Dodge.
As soon as they eliminated the concept of preexisting conditions, it was doomed to fail. It's not really insurance if you can buy in after you're sick. That's like car insurance you don't have to buy until after crashing.
The whole thing is going to collapse and the only response will be complete socialization of health care. I believe that has been the objective from the start.
How can someone demand that I pay their student loan debt but then get mad when someone else swipes their iPad? Both are just redistributions of wealth, right?
I found it to be more useful to do all the day's reading ahead of class and then don't bother taking any notes. Just listen and pay attention. And ask questions.
Before that, I'd go in clueless and spend the whole class furiously taking notes. I'd miss major points and then go home with incomplete notes that I'd never have time to review anyways.
Probably that and learning how to prioritize are how I went from nearly flunking out to a 4.0 on an overload schedule.
It's easier today to be a philosopher or artist than any time before in history. In the past, not starving or freezing to death was a full time job. The problem now is it's the Kardashians making the bigger impact.
No, really they didn't. There is no $deity, the universe was not formed from the flatus of a magic sky fairy with wind. Sorry to disappoint but the science is way more exciting and interesting than the alternative.
That's exactly 3 minutes between first post and an off topic anti-religion post (par for the course on slashdot).
People like you need religion more than anybody else. Since your mother didn't teach you to not be an asshole, maybe fear of $deity could make you behave like a decent person.
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Fair enough, I'll agree that doing this at the federal level would be out-of-line. Nothing in the summary, though, says anything about who's to do the mandating.
It will be mandated by executive decree of the Obama administration some time during his fourth or fifth term.
In the early 80's, my brother cut his knee quite badly. Mom took him to the family doctor office where they numbed him up, stitched the cut closed, and sent him home. Probably a $200 event in today's dollars.
Today? That would be an ambulance ride ($1000) to the hospital Emergency room ($3000), where an anesthesiologist ($2500) would administer the sedative ($500) while the surgeon on call ($2000) would stitch the cut with a couple of nurses ($1500) attending. Then they'd keep him overnight ($5000) for observation.
That's why health care is so expensive.
Just wait until the government is done with it. Prices will go the same direction as tuition and housing and for the same reason.
It's a lot harder to let go if you grab a hot DC wire. And I'm guessing, but I'll bet a DC shock to the heart would be worse than AC.
I thought everything has its place in the ecosystem, but I've always wondered about mosquitoes and ticks.
Try to stage a violent takeover of the Google headquarters and taxpayer funded police will take care of it in short order. Standing behind all that is the taxpayer funded military.
It takes 2 months for the current crop to form. So if this study found something real, the effect could last for a while. At least, long enough to matter if you're actively trying to conceive.
In 10 - 15 years, when you really do want kids, it will be much more difficult.
It's about $2k for an IUI and about $8k for an IVF and it typically takes a few tries.
... plus $106,000 for change management.
No. At the expense of anything.
... claim that it was his duty to protect his own family ...
Well, it is his duty.
If you have a family of your own, and don't feel that way, there is something seriously wrong with you.
Most slashdotters don't get out of the city very often. I live on a suburban road with a 35mph speed limit and a 50mph typical flow of traffic. Engines are quiet but tire noise is maddening. Hybrids aren't any quieter than the next car.
Nope. It's an elected office just like any other. It pays six figures, too.
November 7, the entire school board for my county of 60,000 residents went up for election. Only 2000 people voted. Several of the board members ran uncontested. The rest were reelected.
If you don't like crap like this, get yourself or someone you trust on the school board. It can't be that hard!
The general voting public ignores local politics, which is much more important for day to day life.
In the U.S., the EPA would have been up their asses from years before the factory was even built and never let up. The regulatory red tape would be so thick that eventually the company would give up and move offshore to somewhere with less restrictions. Which, coincidentally, is exactly what they and everybody else has done. Move to China.
Cheap goods, jobs, or clean water. Which is it going to be?
There should be a clock in every conference room. Or, even better, a timer.
If I can't see a clock, and don't feel like fishing the phone out of my pocket to look, I've got a pretty good idea how long it's been since the last time I looked at the time. Give or take a couple of minutes.
Now, yes, a watch is cool. I like the ones with all the exposed gears and perfectly machined parts that I see in magazine ads. Especially the ones with diving or aeronautical readouts that I don't understand. But is the watch cool, or is it cool because it's being worn by Sir Richard Branson or John Travolta while standing in front of a Learjet? It probably wouldn't look that good on my wrist while I'm climbing out of my Dodge.
Whoever can defend their claim owns the moon.
Same as on Earth. It's impossible to own anything without having the force to protect it. Or live under an authority willing to do it for you.
At any given moment, I can see the current time on:
Office: desk phone, laptop, pc, wall clock, cell phone.
Kitchen: wall phone, wall clock, microwave, stove, cell phone.
Living room: cable box, DVD player, wall clock, cell phone.
Bedroom: alarm clock, weather station, cell phone.
Car: radio, satellite receiver, GPS, cell phone.
So I can't figure out why anybody would wear a wrist watch, unless for fashion. And that makes even less sense.
Do you clean your drains with mustard gas, sarin, and VX?
As soon as they eliminated the concept of preexisting conditions, it was doomed to fail. It's not really insurance if you can buy in after you're sick. That's like car insurance you don't have to buy until after crashing.
The whole thing is going to collapse and the only response will be complete socialization of health care. I believe that has been the objective from the start.
EXACTLY.
How can someone demand that I pay their student loan debt but then get mad when someone else swipes their iPad? Both are just redistributions of wealth, right?
I found it to be more useful to do all the day's reading ahead of class and then don't bother taking any notes. Just listen and pay attention. And ask questions.
Before that, I'd go in clueless and spend the whole class furiously taking notes. I'd miss major points and then go home with incomplete notes that I'd never have time to review anyways.
Probably that and learning how to prioritize are how I went from nearly flunking out to a 4.0 on an overload schedule.
It's easier today to be a philosopher or artist than any time before in history. In the past, not starving or freezing to death was a full time job. The problem now is it's the Kardashians making the bigger impact.
You're making the assumption that everyone wants things fixed the same way you want them fixed. Which isn't true.
No, really they didn't. There is no $deity, the universe was not formed from the flatus of a magic sky fairy with wind. Sorry to disappoint but the science is way more exciting and interesting than the alternative.
That's exactly 3 minutes between first post and an off topic anti-religion post (par for the course on slashdot).
People like you need religion more than anybody else. Since your mother didn't teach you to not be an asshole, maybe fear of $deity could make you behave like a decent person.