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General Politics XII World • Page 451

Discussion in 'Politics Forum' started by Melody Bot, Oct 20, 2024.

  1. theagentcoma

    yeah good okay Prestigious

    I've been saying this all season about the Bengals defense but I like this approach with the Dems too
     
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  2. Brother Beck

    Trusted Supporter

    headline on CNN says "Manhunt underway for gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO" - I hope one of you New Yorkers is gonna help hide this guy in your 80-sq-ft micro studio that you rent for $5000 a month
     
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  3. RyanPm40

    The Torment of Existence Supporter

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  4. RyanPm40

    The Torment of Existence Supporter

    That's my health insurance. Won't say much about this dude but they're the most evil health insurance company I've ever had and I've specifically been dropped by old doctors because they were sick of dealing with United.
     
  5. scottlechowicz

    Trusted Supporter

    Oh man, the bipartisan support condemning the rhetoric against corporations and CEOs that is going to come from this is going to be nauseating.

    They are gonna lay this on Bernie and the left's feet.
     
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  6. Jason Tolpin

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    IIRC, UHC was, years ago, one of the first that said something like 'You have T1D, and you MUST use this pump, and not the other ones, and if you have the other ones, we will not cover it. So you have to switch'.
     
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  7. Brother Beck

    Trusted Supporter

    I don't think you're wrong but also fuck them
     
  8. Importer/Exporter

    he’ll live forever in the sound of broken glass Supporter

    Yeah let the people everyone instinctively hates be the ones to say “but think of the CEOs” imo
     
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  9. David87

    Prestigious Prestigious

    I think I've been on some form of Highmark/BCBS most of my life and have generally had decent experiences with them. Even when I was on medicaid, they were the provider IIRC. Only complaint now is the prices for my mom on the individual market hah.

    We actually found a good plan for a good price for her last year (something liek $250 a month for a plan with no deductibles and low copays), but she's making a bit more money this year with her pension starting up so that same plan would be like $420 a month or something, so we're probably gonna step down to a plan with a deductible. Luckily there seems to be a few that still cover basics beyond the preventative health mandates with just a co-pay, but it still leaves open that grey area of what counts as "just" an office visit vs. now it's a treatment/diagnosis and you're getting charged more than the co-pay and etc.
     
  10. Brother Beck

    Trusted Supporter

    I'm hoping this starts a trend like people recording themselves doing dances
     
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  11. incognitojones

    Some Freak Supporter

    The FBI will narrow their search to 20 million people who have a possible motive
     
  12. what a piece of shit

     
  13. Brother Beck

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  14. St. Nate

    LGBTQ Supporter (Lets Go Bomb TelAviv Quickly) Prestigious

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  15. Importer/Exporter

    he’ll live forever in the sound of broken glass Supporter

    Yo is this real lol love tipping my delivery driver sub $3 so that i can do ragebait online. True piece of shit, give him the UnitedHealthcare treatment imo.
     
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  16. St. Nate

    LGBTQ Supporter (Lets Go Bomb TelAviv Quickly) Prestigious

    this is wrong. someone's brother might be a CEO.

    are you all calling for a CEO genocide!?!?!

    SMH
     
  17. Richter915

    Trusted Prestigious

    They finally went after an insurance guy. It is a daily occurrence that my medical staff gets a call from an irate patient that their meds aren't covered. Every day I get denials from insurance companies for life saving meds. Every day I have to beg some person who's never seen a patient that I need insurance to pay for a drug.

    Nurses and physicians have been killed by patients angry over healthcare costs.

    I hope this is just the first of many.
     
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  18. David87

    Prestigious Prestigious

    10% tip for delivery is shitty. If it's takeout I'd understand. No one used to tip take out back before covid (well, most people...some would give small tips like a buck lol), but since covid it seemed to become more common place. We still always tip for curbside pick up. If we have to go into the restaurant to get it, it's hit or miss, mostly on whether we remember to do it or not lol

    Delivery should always be minimum 20% just like if you sat down at a restaurant IMO. I think 15% used to be the norm way back when? Always seemed too low to me.
     
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  19. this is shinzo abe assassin level

     
  20. incognitojones

    Some Freak Supporter

    Maybe the government shouldn’t have spent the last year normalizing and rationalizing the most extreme violence anyone has ever seen as right and necessary.
     
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  21. TheGuyfkaFringeofLunacy

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    Since we talked about the Michigan Governor race a little bit ago, here is a monkey wrench that I did not foresee. I don't quite understand why as a life long Democrat you would make this move. Feel like its just going to pull Dem votes and lead to a Republican winning.
     
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  22. St. Nate

    LGBTQ Supporter (Lets Go Bomb TelAviv Quickly) Prestigious

    are there any good insurances tho? no, right?
     
  23. Brother Beck

    Trusted Supporter

    you are right. I apologize and recant my previous post celebrating a person being shot.

    Just kidding!!! I hope the bullets were hollow point and he got hit in the stomach!!!
     
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  24. Brother Beck

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    I'm not sure, but one time when I was starting a new job we had to get COBRA for a few months until the new insurance kicked in and it cost roughly 8 million dollars per month and completely fucked us for about a year
     
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  25. Jason Tolpin

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    They are a necessary evil. Im thankful we have things covered, We are paying what we are charged, and dealing with it, but the prices go up each year, and the out of pocket expenses go up each year....