Doctors in the US over-treat illnesses, use outdated and ineffective treatments and generally run up the costs of medicine.
The above statement is based on my wife's treatment in the USA and in the UK.
In my own case, I had a problem for which one of the treatments is surgery. I was referred to a hand specialist who only discussed the surgical option with me. When I asked about the alternative treatment that I had discovered using Google, his response was that he didn't do that treatment and I would have to see another doctor. Had I not researched it for my self, I would never have known that there was an alternative. That's on top of the fact that I had to pay for a completely useless consultation with the hand surgeon.
Summary, even if you have good insurance in the USA, you may not be getting the best treatment.
or the fact that Disney splits box-office grosses with theater owners.
How many times have I read that the reason for the very high food prices is that the theaters don't get keep revenue from the ticket sales? Is this not true? Have we been lied to and the reason the food prices are so high is simply that people will pay the absurd prices?
That was and is bullshit. It only talks bout the migration of the Internet-facing machines.
The back end servers remained running *BSD for a long time afterwards. When they did eventually transition, it required compiled binaries (instead of php or perl or whatever was used in the original iteration of Hotmail) and much newer, more powerful servers to achieve the same performance.
IMO, the tickets should be paid, at least the first ticket per person. I think that's the only ethical course of action.
Let's just face it: US society is stacked against everyone who isn't in the top 1%
Some years ago, a company lost hundreds of millions of dollars when they screwed up their algorithmic trading software. The exchange reversed some of those trades, but why? If I am on the other side of the trade and I made a profit, why should I lose this just because they claimed that there was an error? As an ordinary small trader, I can't get trades reversed because I made a mistake.
The big advantage of buying direct from the airline is what happens if you need to change the flight. You deal with the airline directly instead of some (probably incompetent) third party.
I must remind you that the founders of Google are from Russia.
Larry Page is from Russia? I had better head over to Wikipedia and change his page to correct the misconception that he was born in East Lansing, MI.
Sergey Brin was about 6 years old when the family left Russia, after the family had been badly treated by Russian authorities, so I doubt that he has any loyalty to Russia.
* It is likely your last cucumber sandwich killed as many animals as your last hamburger.
Naked bullshit.
* Zinc, B12, and about a dozen other micro-nutrients that are NOT optional are hard to get for a vegetarian and impossible for a vegan. Popping a bunch of dietary supplements is a poor substitute and no way to live.
* There has never been a sustained human population that was fully vegetarian.
It's not like there are millions of Indians who are vegetarian, is it? Oh wait, there are.
* Cattle and other food animals can be easily raised on land that is not farmable. Too rocky too steep or soil where only grasses grow. The animal secretions help the ecosystem build more fertile topsoil. Other species live with cow pastures whereas plant agriculture tends toward monoculture where everything but the desired crop is poisoned and killed.
Bullshit. Cattle live on land that is suitable for arable farming and take massive amounts of water. Sheep, or goats, maybe, but how many people in the USA eats sheep or goat?
Idiots like the GP poster seem to think that someone in an ambulance suffering a heart attack will engage in negotiations with hospitals to find the cheapest treatment for their ER treatment.
Even if that were true, this administration is making price comparison far more difficult by removing regulations that require accurate price quotes (including taxes, fees, etc.).
Currently, the average hour of television contains 14.25 minutes of commercials, or about 24% of airtime.
BBC America is working hard to increase that percentage, judging by the obnoxious amount of commercials in the broadcasts of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Much of Pai's reasoning seems to be "the market will take care of it",
Even the most ardent free-market supporter should agree that Pai's idea is bogus. Without accurate information, there can be no free market. If you can't price compare, there is no free market.
That's ignoring the fact that for most people, there is a choice between two or less providers, which is obviously not enough for a free market.
No, "the market" isn't Pai's reasoning. "the market" is merely cover for yet more crony-capitalism. I don't think Pai is stupid enough to believe the bullshit he is spouting.
If Yellowstone blows its top, there is not only going to be a lot more dust in the atmosphere to reflect radiation, but a lot less CO2 produced in the USA, where most of the population will be dead.
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This simply isn't the real problem.
Doctors in the US over-treat illnesses, use outdated and ineffective treatments and generally run up the costs of medicine.
The above statement is based on my wife's treatment in the USA and in the UK.
In my own case, I had a problem for which one of the treatments is surgery. I was referred to a hand specialist who only discussed the surgical option with me. When I asked about the alternative treatment that I had discovered using Google, his response was that he didn't do that treatment and I would have to see another doctor. Had I not researched it for my self, I would never have known that there was an alternative. That's on top of the fact that I had to pay for a completely useless consultation with the hand surgeon.
Summary, even if you have good insurance in the USA, you may not be getting the best treatment.
In the UK, the M25 (circular road around London) has a variable speed limit.
As traffic becomes heavier, the speed limit drops. But all lanes get the same speed limit. The limit is heavily enforced with cameras.
With the limit set quite low, the traffic proceeds much more uniformly, there is no advantage to changing lanes, everyone drives at the limit.
The result is that more cars can flow past any point on the road. It's another example of the effect predicted by the paper.
By sending it to Spain?
How many times have I read that the reason for the very high food prices is that the theaters don't get keep revenue from the ticket sales? Is this not true? Have we been lied to and the reason the food prices are so high is simply that people will pay the absurd prices?
That was and is bullshit. It only talks bout the migration of the Internet-facing machines.
The back end servers remained running *BSD for a long time afterwards. When they did eventually transition, it required compiled binaries (instead of php or perl or whatever was used in the original iteration of Hotmail) and much newer, more powerful servers to achieve the same performance.
This is presumably a profitable business for the USPS, an increase in prices would just drive the business elsewhere.
What they want is the end of the USPS, with private services replacing it. Removing a profitable business from the USPS furthers this aim.
Let's just face it: US society is stacked against everyone who isn't in the top 1%
Some years ago, a company lost hundreds of millions of dollars when they screwed up their algorithmic trading software. The exchange reversed some of those trades, but why? If I am on the other side of the trade and I made a profit, why should I lose this just because they claimed that there was an error? As an ordinary small trader, I can't get trades reversed because I made a mistake.
I think that, as long as the biomass comes from new-growth forests, then one can consider it carbon-neutral.
The real issue with biomass use in the UK is that much of it comes from North America and the transportation is a significant carbon emitter.
You should have taken this up with the OTA site. They sold you the room. If they didn't deliver, they should refund.
The big advantage of buying direct from the airline is what happens if you need to change the flight. You deal with the airline directly instead of some (probably incompetent) third party.
Larry Page is from Russia? I had better head over to Wikipedia and change his page to correct the misconception that he was born in East Lansing, MI.
Sergey Brin was about 6 years old when the family left Russia, after the family had been badly treated by Russian authorities, so I doubt that he has any loyalty to Russia.
How many years ago did you register that username, intending to use it to make the most relevant post?
IOW: user name checks out!
People with IT skills don't interview well. Film at 11.
Naked bullshit.
It's not like there are millions of Indians who are vegetarian, is it? Oh wait, there are.
Bullshit. Cattle live on land that is suitable for arable farming and take massive amounts of water. Sheep, or goats, maybe, but how many people in the USA eats sheep or goat?
Subjective marking makes it easier to pass those students whose families give large donations to Harvard's endowment funds.
Idiots like the GP poster seem to think that someone in an ambulance suffering a heart attack will engage in negotiations with hospitals to find the cheapest treatment for their ER treatment.
Even if that were true, this administration is making price comparison far more difficult by removing regulations that require accurate price quotes (including taxes, fees, etc.).
Are there people who really believe Forbes?
http://www.latimes.com/project...
Good luck finding your next phone. LG G5 user here, but my next phone?
BBC America is working hard to increase that percentage, judging by the obnoxious amount of commercials in the broadcasts of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
This will ensure that the Republicans get wiped out. Old people rely on Medicare. Old people vote.
If no financial interest, then just leave when you want to retire.
Most employers won't give you a similar notice or consideration.
Loyalty doesn't work if it is one-way. What loyalty to you does your employer have?
Another set of alerts to disable.
We already know what Comcast wants to do: charge the sites, such as Netflix for access to Comcast's customers.
The net result is not higher Internet bills, but higher Netflix and other bills.
Even the most ardent free-market supporter should agree that Pai's idea is bogus. Without accurate information, there can be no free market. If you can't price compare, there is no free market.
That's ignoring the fact that for most people, there is a choice between two or less providers, which is obviously not enough for a free market.
No, "the market" isn't Pai's reasoning. "the market" is merely cover for yet more crony-capitalism. I don't think Pai is stupid enough to believe the bullshit he is spouting.
If Yellowstone blows its top, there is not only going to be a lot more dust in the atmosphere to reflect radiation, but a lot less CO2 produced in the USA, where most of the population will be dead.