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astura
3y ago
>levy an enormous punitive fine for... reasons. Do you not know what the word punitive means? Punitive damages are meant to be a punishment as well as to deter others from similar behavior. They are totally normal and not meant to make t
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astura
3y ago
>I avoid FB Marketplace like the plague. Just seems like a great place to get scammed There are scams but I think they are avoidable. My next door neighbor has spent many thousands of dollars on FB Marketplace and has never been scammed.
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astura
3y ago
These sorts of people usually don't have wages to garnish.
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astura
3y ago
Nope. That's not typical. When I originally got my umbrella policy around 10 years ago the cost was about ~$120/year for $2million in coverage. I'm currently paying $183.47/year for $2 million in coverage. Covers myself
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astura
3y ago
> I’ve always wondered about the value of collision and comprehensive, since it seems to be one of the more expensive parts of car insurance As a general rule - You should buy insurance on something when you both 1) have to have it and 2
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astura
3y ago
> the umbrella can ONLY be added after you maximize coverage on home and auto. This isn't universally true - I have an umbrella policy with USAA. They require me to have a minimum of coverage on my home and auto to have the umbrella
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astura
3y ago
If you wanna go higher then you'd purchase an umbrella policy. They are affordable though and pretty much a no brainier for anyone who has any sort of assets they'd like to protect. I have a two million dollar umbrella policy.
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astura
3y ago
In my state those factors are all used.
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astura
3y ago
Drag racing on the highway https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/investigation-cops-regula... But they don't need to do insurance spot checks - in my state they run plates of cars that are in view and, presumabl
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3y ago
>Why is uninsured a separate category from insured driver insurance? Because if another driver hits you and that driver was insured to cover all the damages they caused then their policy would cover you and you'd never have to make
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astura
3y ago
Flexitarian is a more accurate description of your diet.
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astura
3y ago
Problem is, insurance contracts are only for a few years then employers shop around and it's usually cheaper to switch than to renew.
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astura
3y ago
What sort of "privacy regulations?"
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astura
3y ago
Casino atms stock 100s, but they are a special case.
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astura
3y ago
>basically every healthcare provider is also a covered entity, unless they're completely 100% cash only and don't take insurance for anyone ever. This is correct - I should have been more specific. If a business doesn't ta
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astura
3y ago
As usual when HIPAA is brought up, you're wrong. HIPAA is the most misunderstood law in America. Hint, the "I" in HIPAA stands for "insurance." A general rule - if an insurance company isn't involved HIPAA does
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astura
3y ago
If they wanted to use that information for underwriting they'd just make getting a genetic test a prereq before underwriting the policy.
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astura
3y ago
>Even the US government requires cashier’s checks, not personal checks, for passports. This must be a new policy - I wrote out a personal check for my passport.
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3y ago
> I assume the finance guy had some means to verify I had the balance in my account. I don't assume that. Every dealership has their own policies. My guess is nonpayment on personal checks for car purchases is such a low occurrence
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astura
3y ago
Is there some context here?
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astura
3y ago
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a portion of their website with information on the Takata airbag recall and a VIN search. This really is a gigantic problem. https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/ta
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astura
3y ago
Doesn't sound familiar, no, but I have my watch history off. So I don't think I get "for you" recommendations. I just searched for chicken tikka masala on the android app and got nothing but cooking/recipe videos. S
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astura
3y ago
No, it's absolutely is not a HIPAA violation if the patient requests email communication. But it's a common myth. A patient can consent to receive protected health information over email or other unsecured channels as long as they
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3y ago
> customers rate the institution as one of the most beloved in american life. That's a bit overstated, the majority of Americans haven't been to an In-and-Out, ever, because they are a mostly-California chain. They're only
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astura
3y ago
It's a very famous song from the 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny
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astura
3y ago
No, that would be extremely wasteful, impractical, and ineffective.
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astura
3y ago
>An entire class of schoolchildren could be standing right in front of your vehicle and you wouldn't even notice. This sounds like hyperbole but is actually not hyperbole - https://youtu.be/NDH3FDfVQl0?t=180 I'
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astura
3y ago
What does "aggressively manage their careers" mean?
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astura
3y ago
Which would be fine, as long as they cited their first experiment.
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astura
3y ago
Hmmm... Weird. I originally saw this posted on the writing subreddit[1]. Looks like it picked up more steam on the books subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/18n3wej/did_bestse...
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