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This would hurt the feelings of his butt buddy, Putin. Highly doubtful.

Considering insurance, and medical facilities negotiate to set their costs every year, I don't trust that their profit is so low.

Ooo didn't realize there was a third time

Unclear, but I definitely need more

Don't understand why people dislike those movies so much. Even enjoyed the 4th one.

Metroid FTW

Oh you're right. I thought you could add your own. Either way they push updates regularly, I bet if someone asked for a specific one, or maybe asked to be able to add their own, they would do it.

In general I use this app before I share or follow any links:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.svenjacobs.app.leon/

In general I use this app before I share or follow any links:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.svenjacobs.app.leon/

I don't disagree with you. We can't simply replace insurance companies with a public version and expect everything to be okay. But Medicare and Medicaid seem to work really well for a lot of people. They can simply expand it, and then private insurance can still exist as a supplement if someone wants.

But what we really need is more regulation, everywhere, on almost all industries.

Gotta kill citizens United, and make superpacs illegal. When money gets out of politics, is when we'll finally see some change.

It's self fulfilling though. Doctors offices are at the whims of their agreements with the insurance companies to stay afloat. They pad the bill (charging maximum for everything) because the insurance company will only pay percentages on most procedures. Then they usually write off the rest (or close to it). Doctors are incentivized to prescribe certain drugs over others, and other such meddling.

Healthcare costs are as high as they are specifically because of private insurance. The evidence is in every single other developed country that has state-provided healthcare. It's overall cheaper, and often better.

Insurance companies default to denying claims because they know, if the barrier is high enough (denial after denial), people will simply stop asking for the procedure (or whatever), so they don't have to pay anything. Then their earnings go up, and they pad their pockets.

Side note, I believe the mythbusters did double dipping, and as I recall, it's really not a problem unless you stir or leave the chip in the dip/salsa for an extended period.