Joe Ferguson forever

not true. I had about 25% Medicaid pts and took uninsured (who actually paid pretty well). But it's a biz like any other. You need to cover overhead before you take anything home. generally, overhead is around 50%. I think most people do go into it to help people but not all. There are financial realities however, that can't be ignored. re concierge, I don't see how the govt can stop people from buying it out of their own pocket. Insurance is not involved. Additionally, all kinds of private endeavors like aesthetics clinics and testosterone/impotence clinics would have to close. There's a burgeoning industry for GLP 1's (weight loss drugs) that is entirely self pay. It's not only the wealthy that use this services.

It's astounding how maga's can put aside logic.

except that epstein was trafficking young girls to prominent men before 2005.

Nah, ours is original. Why do you hate women

Apparently, they’re harmful to both sides.

Biden's legacy is bleak. Tell me about how he broke the constitution.

I'm ok being paired with Scarburough. He's very good at his job. He's got some charm but not my fav anchor.

Haven't watched joe in a good long time. Is he fat? What would his wife say? She's pretty attractive. Maybe find the gym.

most of the document stuff was pure bs. Took my attention away from patients. Many agree.

silliness? The guy is scum and trump was a great friend. Both perverts. This story isn't going away. the WSJ article helped keep it on the forefront.

I suspect because Israel is deeply involved. Additionally they never promised to as trump did. I'm unhappy that both sides want to protect Israel. Their leaders are barbarians.

they knew the grand jury testimony release was going to be refused. it was a weak smoke screen to hide their intention not to release any epstein files. Bondi can release the files without judicial approval excepting the grand jury files which are limited. This is all a semi elaborate ruse which you are buying. Meanwhile they're making a deal with maxwell to silence any reference to trump in her testimony. This is mobster stuff.

exactly. hardly anyone cares except the maga's who think they got another culture war scalp. And I suppose if you're in a basement all day it comes up when channel surfing. why do you hate women so? I've seen much more piglike humans at trump rallies.

one way or another, everyone pays more when an uninsured patient spends 10 days in the ICU. This happens often. And how do hospitals recoup the loss? by cost shifting to private insurance carriers and self pays. Seems to me the true cost would be more clear if we had Medicare for all - a giant risk pool that averages costs and risks. a healthy 30 yo should not cost $10k+ to insure.

7. more people on medicaid. more on the exchange *which I used myself). Less people with no insurance: less ER visits for spider bites and bee sting,, less train wrecks who watched a lump in their breqst grow cuz they knew they couldn't afford treatment. But it was farfrom perfect. The EHR and quality indicators are a mess. I wish they had gone for medicare for all. But then it would have been repealed. Why was McConnel lrubbing hid hands along with Cassidy who was a doc?

I remember and admire the thumbs down https://time.com/5379164/mccain-health-care-legacy-aca/

It would never have passed without big insurance getting what they paid for its political donations.. sigh, that's not likely to change.

Obama wanted to do it. He said too many people would be unemployed in the insurance industry. Yhat's true bur short term pain is better than long term. lots of suits sucking the test. Oh, and he needed John McCaine to pass it from his deathbed. morbid but true.

What time is it? carpe diem. Good advice for everyone, old, young or somewhere in between.

takes one to know one.

Fine. So long as they treat her as well as the convicted sex offender.

Where is that exactly? Somewhere in the male perineum? I mean what a bunch of ball sacks...

Death and taxes...everybody's got their dues in life to pay.

Of course there's cost shifting. It's the basis of our current system. It needn't be. Medicare for all could be collecting those outrageous commercial premiums at a lower cost while paying better. and providing better care. No middle man. very efficient administration costs (much lower than private payers). everyone wins except the commercial insurers who are no longer necessary. Atlas laughed. Everybody's got to pay their dues....

the bills hasn't gone into effect. But, yes, I know people who lost Medicaid. Penalty for getting a raise. so what about my response to your earlier question regarding taxes?