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by russdill 3y ago
https://www.macipa.com/wp-content/uploads/Diabetes_Tierchart...
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by russdill 3y ago
If you have a high deductible plan and don't meet your deductible, are you really getting coverage? If you had diabetes, which plan would you choose, one that covers insulin supplies 100% or one that only covers the bare minimum, and e
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by russdill 3y ago
Insurance companies are not legally required to provide the same coverage, rates, deductibles, and benefits as every other insurance company.
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by russdill 3y ago
If you made one policy that was hostile to the needs of anyone with diabetes and one that caters to people with diabetes, you'd be selecting for a specific population
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by russdill 3y ago
Sean Carroll recently did a podcast with Amy Finkelstein on insurance markets. I think you'd find it interesting. A paradoxical advantage of employer health care is that it prevents people (and insurers) from choosing. https:/&#x
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The more interesting question is are the numbers in the universe the subset of real numbers that are computable.
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If math is real, nothing is real.
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Direct link: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/use-of-unlicenced-t...
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We all have a limited number of heartbeats in our lives. There are far more claims made than we have time to individually assess ourselves. Someone making repeated false claims is a good metric to use when deciding whether analysis of certa
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by russdill 3y ago
In general, cross border enforcement of trade and IP law are governed by relevant treaties.
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And bonus double hit. After payment, blackmail
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Oh my gosh, the green screen
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There's some very weird edge cases when it comes to infinity and the size of the universe.
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The insistence that some "real" universe exists does strike me as a kind of dualism, but I'm unable to describe the concept with any rigor.
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The other large visible change is a purge system for the engine bays to prevent future ongoing fires.
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This is this guy's opinion, it may or may not be a valid interpretation. SpaceX is by far the world's largest operator of space launch deluge systems and other than south texas operates 3 coastal pads, with dozens of launches per
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by russdill 3y ago
You should see some of the nextdoor and facebook communities. So many people are super eager to shoot someone over pretty much any petty crime.
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A kids show that can include a moment about pregnancy loss for the parents is quite the thing to behold.
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Don't worry, depending on the state, they have plenty of other ways to personally identify you. No need.
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"My supermarket has a savings scheme, in exchange for my personal information. The way it works is that the cashier asks: do you want to join this savings scheme? If the customer says yes, they give you a form to fill in your details.
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by russdill 3y ago
A really great trick I learned is to use the 3 way calling feature of your phone. Call the insurance company, go through the please go away don't bother us menu system (now with voice recognition!), wait on hold for an agent, speak wit
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No, it's great if you don't get sick. I'm employed and have a good income. I probably spend of average 4 hours a week (sometimes much, much more) on the phone with my insurance company, pharmacies, and doctors. I suppose I do
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Yup, and in general, the more benign the parasite, the more benign the treatment.
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Yes, that's the general idea of individual dark matter theories. We have an enormously successful cosmological model, lambda CDM, that includes cold, weakly interacting matter. Many theories have been put forth to explain what the addi
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by russdill 3y ago
Scientific theories are usually advanced by finding and then explaining misaligments between existing theories and data...that's how physics works. Scientific theories can often predict future, yet unmeasured data that would not fit ot
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by russdill 3y ago
Modern MOND theories that attempt to account for modern observations do so by creating additional fields. I'm not 100%, but I'm pretty darn certain Einstein never offered an option on the accelerating expansion of the universe, no
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It's fairly obvious that we are missing at least one field (dark matter), possibly two or more (dark energy). There isn't any reason that dark matter particles could not weakly interact via some unknown force. Such a force would a
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Not only that, the built-in connection network that developed over hundreds of millions of years from untold trillions of organisms.
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People die all the time when they don't follow the advice of experts. There's a news worthiness confirmation bias of events that go the other way.
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I think they didn't envision turning off the grid, especially if fire risk is high. My understanding is that without power, water pumps used to provide the water needed to fight fires have to rely on generators which have limited run t

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