My premiums went up another $250/month. Deductible went from $500 to $6000, with 65% coinsurance to $9000. No prescription drug coverage. A lot of people reading this got the same news this year. Or will.
My son's birth two years ago cost me $500. Baby #2 is due this year and it's going to cost me $9000.
Since my health plan went Obamacare compliant and a doctor visit went from $25 copay to a $6000 deductible, now I get a separate bill from the lab company every time my wife or kids go to the doctor. Seriously - I just call Solstas Lab Partners every month and ask how much I owe because there are so many bills.
In house testing or at the local pharmacy would be great.
One sounds good and the other sounds bad, but both statements are actually the same.
The transition is when you look around and realize ALL insurance companies have the recorder. Kind of like the grocery store "discount" card. It seemed like a great idea at first.
In the mish mash of legacy components wrapped up in the.NET architecture and the various third party components in frequent usage, I've run into all kinds of things indexed at 1. Thus the 'maybe'.
Solution: Require that drivers use their smartphones during their drivers test.
And fiddle with the radio. And eat a burger. Etc.
More laws aren't going to keep us from doing this. It'll just mean more distraction checking for cops before calling/texting/web/etc. Same with speed limits. When it goes from 65 to 55, nobody slows down. Now 50% of our attention goes to watching for radar traps.
How about increasing the penalties for causing a crash? I'm sick of hearing about someone who kills another driver and makes 20,000 people late for work getting a $50 "Failure to yield" ticket.
... 50 databases managed by a hundred different state agencies...
33 state databases managed by the states most opposed to Obamacare. The 33 states that already said, "Screw you we're not cooperating". What could possibly go wrong?
That's the one and only concession the Democrats were willing to make in ending their Government Shutdown. Otherwise it would just work on the honor system. The fraud would have been epic.
Estimating your subsidy is simple math. Verifying your personal and financial information is a totally different issue.
And before they start handing out tax dollars as subsidies, they damned sure better verify the applicant's income.
I hate looking at people's eyes (probably aspergers) so I always use the bridge of the nose or a zit or something to focus on. Otherwise, the urge to look away is overwhelming.
I tried to "give back" to my high school years after graduating by donating a bunch of three year old office PCs. They didn't want them. Too old. The computer lab was six Apple II's when I was there in the nineties and now these were too old. Now I'm a homeowner in the county and that explains why my taxes are so high.
When my son is 3 years old, he'll be on a leash at an amusement park. Seriously. They make harnesses just for this purpose.
Don't get me wrong - when he's older, I will not be a helicopter parent. But a three year old is just a baby that can run. Fast. And if he's anything like I was as a kid, I'm in for big trouble.
I run a 200 amp MIG welder off the 60 amp panel in my garage (1 phase, of course). It would handle a 250 amp welder with no problem. I've never even seen a 3 phase welder even in pro welding shops. There isn't even a plug for that.
A friend of mine looked into an industrial size mill, 3 phase, and decided on a smaller unit when he got the quote from the power company to run the electric service to his shop. This guy has a half million dollars of toys in that shop. For him to say "It costs too much", it must.
So I maintain that no residential property has 3 phase electric service. The kind of equipment that needs that kind of service wouldn't physically fit into anybody's garage or basement.
The lines at the street are 7500 volt 3 phase. The transformer pot is hooked up to one of those phases (go look if you don't believe me) with the center tap grounded, so your house is 240v single phase, with a neutral, for 2x 120v single phase. Nobody has 3 phase power to their house. Only a business with large electric motors would have 3 phase service.
Hot, Hot, Neutral, and Ground. 4 prongs, 240v, 1 phase. Appliances that require both 240 and 120 use that, like an oven with a 240v element and 120v electronics.
All the points you make have to do with where the baby is, not what it is. From about week 32, that fetus is entirely capable of doing all those things you mention. Possibly as far back as 24 weeks. I have a 3D ultrasound video of my son sucking his thumb at 30 weeks.
Not to downplay the role of the mother, but I also disagree that it's part of her body. For one thing, it's as much you as it is her.
I, for one, wouldn't want to outlaw abortion. I think it should be allowed but with both parents sterilized at the same time. I've known people who used abortion as birth control. I though it was weird at the time, and now I think it's revolting.
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Years ago I read a book called The 12 Hour MBA Program. I have never met an MBA who knew something important about business that wasn't in that book.
Wow!
That's twice as fast as all my programming books!
What I posted is true.
That's right. "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan."
Lol.
My choice? Let them eat cake, I guess.
My premiums went up another $250/month. Deductible went from $500 to $6000, with 65% coinsurance to $9000. No prescription drug coverage. A lot of people reading this got the same news this year. Or will.
My son's birth two years ago cost me $500. Baby #2 is due this year and it's going to cost me $9000.
Since my health plan went Obamacare compliant and a doctor visit went from $25 copay to a $6000 deductible, now I get a separate bill from the lab company every time my wife or kids go to the doctor. Seriously - I just call Solstas Lab Partners every month and ask how much I owe because there are so many bills.
In house testing or at the local pharmacy would be great.
(Yeah, mod me Troll, but it's still true.)
My grocery store actually caught on to 867-5309 and cancelled it. And damn you. Now I'll have that song in my head all day.
1. You get a discount for using the device.
2. You pay more for not using the device.
One sounds good and the other sounds bad, but both statements are actually the same.
The transition is when you look around and realize ALL insurance companies have the recorder. Kind of like the grocery store "discount" card. It seemed like a great idea at first.
In the mish mash of legacy components wrapped up in the .NET architecture and the various third party components in frequent usage, I've run into all kinds of things indexed at 1. Thus the 'maybe'.
It's a "C" thing. Try Pascal or other Wirth family languages instead if you want to start at 1.
Or .NET.
Maybe.
Solution: Require that drivers use their smartphones during their drivers test.
And fiddle with the radio. And eat a burger. Etc.
More laws aren't going to keep us from doing this. It'll just mean more distraction checking for cops before calling/texting/web/etc. Same with speed limits. When it goes from 65 to 55, nobody slows down. Now 50% of our attention goes to watching for radar traps.
How about increasing the penalties for causing a crash? I'm sick of hearing about someone who kills another driver and makes 20,000 people late for work getting a $50 "Failure to yield" ticket.
In Virginia, you're "driving" if the keys are in the ignition, even if the engine is off.
So if you're responsibly sleeping off your buzz before heading home, DO NOT turn on the radio or you'll get a DUI.
Like being raped with late fees?
If Blockbuster had bought Netflix, I would have cancelled my account immediately.
... 50 databases managed by a hundred different state agencies ...
33 state databases managed by the states most opposed to Obamacare. The 33 states that already said, "Screw you we're not cooperating". What could possibly go wrong?
Interestingly enough, the Government's website doesn't verify income, either...
It does. Your source is out of date.
That's the one and only concession the Democrats were willing to make in ending their Government Shutdown. Otherwise it would just work on the honor system. The fraud would have been epic.
Estimating your subsidy is simple math. Verifying your personal and financial information is a totally different issue. And before they start handing out tax dollars as subsidies, they damned sure better verify the applicant's income.
Seriously, this place has turned into such a lapdog to the Democratic Party that I can't stand to read it anymore.
Mod me down. I don't give a fuck. This is my last slashdot post.
I hate looking at people's eyes (probably aspergers) so I always use the bridge of the nose or a zit or something to focus on. Otherwise, the urge to look away is overwhelming.
I tried to "give back" to my high school years after graduating by donating a bunch of three year old office PCs. They didn't want them. Too old. The computer lab was six Apple II's when I was there in the nineties and now these were too old. Now I'm a homeowner in the county and that explains why my taxes are so high.
When my son is 3 years old, he'll be on a leash at an amusement park. Seriously. They make harnesses just for this purpose.
Don't get me wrong - when he's older, I will not be a helicopter parent. But a three year old is just a baby that can run. Fast. And if he's anything like I was as a kid, I'm in for big trouble.
I run a 200 amp MIG welder off the 60 amp panel in my garage (1 phase, of course). It would handle a 250 amp welder with no problem. I've never even seen a 3 phase welder even in pro welding shops. There isn't even a plug for that.
A friend of mine looked into an industrial size mill, 3 phase, and decided on a smaller unit when he got the quote from the power company to run the electric service to his shop. This guy has a half million dollars of toys in that shop. For him to say "It costs too much", it must.
So I maintain that no residential property has 3 phase electric service. The kind of equipment that needs that kind of service wouldn't physically fit into anybody's garage or basement.
The lines at the street are 7500 volt 3 phase. The transformer pot is hooked up to one of those phases (go look if you don't believe me) with the center tap grounded, so your house is 240v single phase, with a neutral, for 2x 120v single phase. Nobody has 3 phase power to their house. Only a business with large electric motors would have 3 phase service.
Hot, Hot, Neutral, and Ground. 4 prongs, 240v, 1 phase. Appliances that require both 240 and 120 use that, like an oven with a 240v element and 120v electronics.
Nobody has 3 phase in their home.
Out of all the replies to this and the referenced thread, you are the only one who actually read what I wrote.
... for everybody else who read it because they're so angry and bitter at any concept even proposed by a religious organization.
"Abstinence is a pretty good way to not get HIV"
becomes...
"Abstinence only is a pretty good way to not get HIV"
It's called Personal Responsibility. That seems to be a foreign concept here where everybody wants the government to come in and take care of them.
All the points you make have to do with where the baby is, not what it is. From about week 32, that fetus is entirely capable of doing all those things you mention. Possibly as far back as 24 weeks. I have a 3D ultrasound video of my son sucking his thumb at 30 weeks.
Not to downplay the role of the mother, but I also disagree that it's part of her body. For one thing, it's as much you as it is her.
I, for one, wouldn't want to outlaw abortion. I think it should be allowed but with both parents sterilized at the same time. I've known people who used abortion as birth control. I though it was weird at the time, and now I think it's revolting.