Their helicopter crashed in action in Afghanistan. Do you really think the Taliban fighters singled out that one helicopter because they were keeping track of who was on it?
First off, let's not call human beings blood suckers, okay?
Second thing, having insurance--even if it's Medicaid--means you get preventive care and you get to see a regular doctor in a regular office for regular prices for ordinary things before they become emergencies. That's how it lowers the cost.
That's not new information. You're just being disingenuous.
At best, For Profit is profit driven. It's often short-term-stock-price driven or cover-my-ass driven or CEO-bonus-driven. Once in a great while it's innovation driven, but generally only when all other alternatives have been extinguished.
The other thing wrong with it is that it means owning your own house, or a substantial brick/mortar business, would be realistically only available to people who don't mind sucking up to the regime. Sure you can move... if you can afford to leave your investments and livelihood behind.
Like consent of the governed, yo. What makes them think they could get a monarchy even if it was a good idea? How the hell do you even go about that, and when you do--who chooses the first king? I can't imagine much outside of an outright military coup, which doesn't bode so well for a well-running modern nation state.
And the cop who keeps making good busts that never seem to have anything to do with informants? There's a conversation with the lieutenant in charge: even the good cops shouldn't be goofing off.
It's like those robo-signed foreclosures: the whole purpose of having a legal instrument is for some individual person to be responsible for saying essentially, "Yup, I checked this all out and it's legit." If you're processing these subpoenae automatically, and the input is overzealous or just wrong, then what?
You are correct. Sherpa does not calculate subsidies. It simply says they exist and you should go find out on healthcare.gov.
I think a nice new feature would be to ask a few questions to project your expected subsidy and calculate it for you. That adds complexity, but not as much complexity as the verification that the government site puts you through. (That's where all the IRS stuff comes in.)
Even with the Sherpa team's disclaimers, they've provided a really valuable service. How many people are going to go to the Sherpa site, quickly get information about what's available to them on the exchange, and decide that the exchange is not their best option? It has to be some double-digit percentage of people who would have wasted a lot of time being frustrated on healthcare.gov.
Basically, the Sherpa team has given us a great heuristic optimization, in which part of the load problem is handed off to where it can be handled easier, more effectively, and more cheaply. Nicely done!
Did you think your former insurer would send you an offer for the best possible deal? Or did you think they'd try to get you to buy the most expensive thing they've got just in case you don't bother to check for alternatives?
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Their helicopter crashed in action in Afghanistan. Do you really think the Taliban fighters singled out that one helicopter because they were keeping track of who was on it?
First off, let's not call human beings blood suckers, okay?
Second thing, having insurance--even if it's Medicaid--means you get preventive care and you get to see a regular doctor in a regular office for regular prices for ordinary things before they become emergencies. That's how it lowers the cost.
That's not new information. You're just being disingenuous.
*snort*
At best, For Profit is profit driven. It's often short-term-stock-price driven or cover-my-ass driven or CEO-bonus-driven. Once in a great while it's innovation driven, but generally only when all other alternatives have been extinguished.
The other thing wrong with it is that it means owning your own house, or a substantial brick/mortar business, would be realistically only available to people who don't mind sucking up to the regime. Sure you can move... if you can afford to leave your investments and livelihood behind.
Like consent of the governed, yo. What makes them think they could get a monarchy even if it was a good idea? How the hell do you even go about that, and when you do--who chooses the first king? I can't imagine much outside of an outright military coup, which doesn't bode so well for a well-running modern nation state.
The neo-reactionaries are awesome! Who else will take charge and keep the house-elves in their proper place?
And the cop who keeps making good busts that never seem to have anything to do with informants? There's a conversation with the lieutenant in charge: even the good cops shouldn't be goofing off.
If a cop typically spends a couple hours out of an eight-hour shift courting informants, and it's getting good results, then bravo.
It's like those robo-signed foreclosures: the whole purpose of having a legal instrument is for some individual person to be responsible for saying essentially, "Yup, I checked this all out and it's legit." If you're processing these subpoenae automatically, and the input is overzealous or just wrong, then what?
What's so special about "communication skills" that you can't teach them but you can teach anything else?
Oh NICE. Good to know that's there.
You are correct. Sherpa does not calculate subsidies. It simply says they exist and you should go find out on healthcare.gov.
I think a nice new feature would be to ask a few questions to project your expected subsidy and calculate it for you. That adds complexity, but not as much complexity as the verification that the government site puts you through. (That's where all the IRS stuff comes in.)
Even with the Sherpa team's disclaimers, they've provided a really valuable service. How many people are going to go to the Sherpa site, quickly get information about what's available to them on the exchange, and decide that the exchange is not their best option? It has to be some double-digit percentage of people who would have wasted a lot of time being frustrated on healthcare.gov.
Basically, the Sherpa team has given us a great heuristic optimization, in which part of the load problem is handed off to where it can be handled easier, more effectively, and more cheaply. Nicely done!
...is a marketing term. Thank you for sharing.
Sure, everything is interconnected, so it would be false to say there's no effect, but "Yay for world peace! All credit to fracking!" is a wild reach.
Motivated reasoning. It's a thing.
OS/370.
I can imagine really young people in a chaotic startup texting and messaging in a meeting because it's how the meeting works.
Think "war room" more than "board room."
Seriously, this is the underlying premise of the entire Affordable Care Act. He's a little late to the party.
Did you think your former insurer would send you an offer for the best possible deal? Or did you think they'd try to get you to buy the most expensive thing they've got just in case you don't bother to check for alternatives?
What you said. Let's not bash the people who've actually struggled to learn shit and do better for themselves.
That's the exact opposite of what "free market" means. Since Wealth of Nations at least.
Don't be ridiculous. Hayden worked for the last administration. He's long gone already.
Look, on the freakin' Acela train you've got zero expectation of privacy. Come on.
Exactly. The requirement to create an account just to get a quote? Really poor design.
I don't think there was any evil intent on that, just amatuerish planning.
Even on "Law and Order," have you noticed that the suspects who exercise their right to remain silent tend to do much better? Even if they are guilty?
The lesson I'd draw from that show would absolutely reinforce Professor Duane's point.