We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with
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@cheong said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
By triage these "common cases" that can be readily replaced by herbal doctor,
I've seen a lot more use of online consultations; you pay a flat fee to talk to a nurse over webcam for twenty minutes, and they can write prescriptions for basic things like sudafedren, or they can talk you through how to wrap and ice a sprained ankle. That seems super cool and useful, as long as the price stays down (for me it's $40 a consultation; I'd prefer it be half that if I was in college still)
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@CarrieVS said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@accalia Well it was all perfectly innocent. We have an annual event called Hate Week where we pair up and pretend to insult each other, all in good fun. Bluedaddy were slightly alarmed by it.
@RaceProUK said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I seem to recall you talking about it before, but I forget exactly what it's about
Just general stuff. We have games and a theoretically serious forum about current affairs, and a bunch of stuff about various media, and other stuff.
Library, Fridge... and you're on a watchlist?
Wow. We have the Garage, I'm afraid to think what our classification is then.
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@Onyx said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
We have the Garage
Which is only visible to members and therefore cannot be (easily) crawled automatically.
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@asdf said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Onyx said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
We have the Garage
Which is only visible to members and therefore cannot be automatically crawled.
You really think @boomzilla doesn't have any alts in the CIA?
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@Onyx We do have the Social Cellar.
But we don't have any members in the CIA. In fact, one of our members is explicitly not a CIA agent.
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@Onyx said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
You really think @boomzilla doesn't have any alts in the CIA?
If that's true, I'll never walk across any lawn again.
Maybe that's how innocent people managed to end up in Guantanamo?
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@CarrieVS said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Onyx We do have the Social Cellar.
But we don't have any members in the CIA. In fact, one of our members is explicitly not a CIA agent.
Can you ask them to not confirm we're on a watchlist? :P
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@CarrieVS said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
In fact, one of our members is explicitly not a CIA agent.
Or so they claim...
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@Onyx said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
explicitly not a CIA agent.
so he's either NSA or DEA
Unless he's a little girl ... then he's still FBI
Or has a rocket in his pocket then he's NASA
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@Luhmann Or if they're British, then they're from GCHQ.
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@Luhmann said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Or has a rocket in his pocket then he's NASA
@Boner ?
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@RaceProUK said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
then they're from GCHQ
Doesn't matter ... that is just a pass through for the CIA
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@Onyx
Hey ... there are days I work for NASA too!
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@Yamikuronue said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
you pay a flat fee to talk to a nurse over webcam for twenty minutes
Sounds like my Saturday nights!
@Onyx said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Boner ?
Dragging the conversation into the gutter again?
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Shoreline said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@richw said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I don't understand why there cannot be a sensible insurance scheme (in the UK) and then have competing providers.
Because capitalism doesn't fix everything. In fact it seems to result in greedy monopolists lobbying the government.
Also, basically everything you use on a daily basis that makes your life differ from the cavemen. But sure.
That too, but if you want to start a list of things that make our lives differ from the cavemen, you would:
a) Have a long list, and
b) Make a fascinating read.Of course, whether or not capitalism was invented before we stopped living in caves, I found myself unable to conclusively google.
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@Shoreline said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Of course, whether or not capitalism was invented before we stopped living in caves, I found myself unable to conclusively google.
I would wager that cavewomen were probably trading food and fur for access to their lady bits, and that is prostitution and prostitution is capitalism.
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@Yamikuronue said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@cheong said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
By triage these "common cases" that can be readily replaced by herbal doctor,
I've seen a lot more use of online consultations; you pay a flat fee to talk to a nurse over webcam for twenty minutes, and they can write prescriptions for basic things like sudafedren, or they can talk you through how to wrap and ice a sprained ankle. That seems super cool and useful, as long as the price stays down (for me it's $40 a consultation; I'd prefer it be half that if I was in college still)
Not webcam, but here the phone number is
1177
, and is run by the government. Thet want you to call that number and talk to a nurse first. Then the nurse will tell you whether it's nothing, you need to see a regular doctor, your district nurse, or go to the emergency room. They will even book the time for you (or call ahead to the ER). Result: most people really don't need to see a doctor at all, but can be treated with time and/or non-prescription drugs.Edit: price for the phone call : 0.20 sek.
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@asdf said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Maybe that's how innocent people managed to end up in Guantanamo?
They're not innocent if they walked across @boomzilla's lawn.
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@Mikael_Svahnberg said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Edit: price for the phone call : 0.20 sek.
How much is that in real money? It is hard to purchase things in the USA with rotting fish corpses.
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I would wager that cavewomen were probably trading food and fur for access to their lady bits, and that is prostitution and prostitution is capitalism.
If there's a better example for means of productions
in the hands of*cough*owned by the workers I don't know what it is.
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@LaoC said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I would wager that cavewomen were probably trading food and fur for access to their lady bits, and that is prostitution and prostitution is capitalism.
If there's a better example for means of productions
in the hands of*cough*owned by the workers I don't know what is.
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@Luhmann said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
so he's either NSA or DEA
Unless he's a little girl ... then he's still FBI
Or has a rocket in his pocket then he's NASA"The Internet: where the men are men, the women are men, and the teenage girls are FBI agents."
It's kind of surprising how many real women I've managed to meet after getting to know them online, really.
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@masonwheeler said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
The second thing I would do is slash patent protection for prescription drugs. A huge amount of their research and development is already paid for by the public at universities, so they don't need exclusive rights to recoup those costs.
So much for new drugs! Seriously, you are so wrong about this.
I posted this recently, for example:
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/23/i-do-hate-to-tell-you-this-but
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@boomzilla So basically this guy says that the trials are the really expensive part. How does saying exactly the same thing I said mean that I'm "so wrong"?
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Mikael_Svahnberg said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Edit: price for the phone call : 0.20 sek.
How much is that in real money? It is hard to purchase things in the USA with rotting fish corpses.
Roughly 3 cents.
A piss in the Nile, in other words.
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@masonwheeler said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@boomzilla So basically this guy says that the trials are the really expensive part. How does saying exactly the same thing I said mean that I'm "so wrong"?
Your supposed solution does nothing. And your idea about wishing away the costs of the trials themselves is just that: magic.
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@Mikael_Svahnberg so about the same value as a rotting fish corpse? Makes sense.
Also, I love your country's figures of speech.
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I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
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@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
So no Patient Protection? Will the act actually make care affordable?
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@boomzilla said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Your supposed solution does nothing.
It does plenty to address problems with price gouging on drugs that have been around for decades, just for starters.
And your idea about wishing away the costs of the trials themselves is just that: magic.
You believe the process is currently as efficient as it could possibly be, or reasonably close to it?
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Admittedly, I did fail to get this at the appropriate time for lowball jokes.
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@masonwheeler said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@boomzilla So basically this guy says that the trials are the really expensive part. How does saying exactly the same thing I said mean that I'm "so wrong"?
I knew you were John Nestor.
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@asdf said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Onyx said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
You really think @boomzilla doesn't have any alts in the CIA?
If that's true, I'll never walk across any lawn again.
Maybe that's how innocent people managed to end up in Guantanamo?
This is why due process for terrorists should still be a thing.
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@Polygeekery Who?
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@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
The saddest part is that a majority of Americans will not see what is amusing about that.
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
The saddest part is that a majority of Americans will not see what is amusing about that.
Thankfully, I'm in the minority for this one.
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@masonwheeler said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Polygeekery Who?
John Nestor. I said the name right in my post.
Seriously though:
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
John Nestor
Wasn't he the butler in Tintin?
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@ben_lubar said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
The saddest part is that a majority of Americans will not see what is amusing about that.
Thankfully, I'm in the minority for this one.
At yesterday's White House press briefing, a reporter asked something equivalent to: "Why won't Trump put his name on this bill, when the previous administration put their name on the bill you are replacing?"
How does one even respond to that, especially when it comes from a member of the press that is presumably good enough to get a White House press pass?
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@Karla said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
This is why due process for terrorists should still be a thing.
I'm pretty sure @boomzilla has a zero tolerance policy for lawn terrorists that involves treating them like enemy combatants. We can consider ourselves lucky if he adheres to the Geneva Conventions!
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
The saddest part is that a majority of Americans will not see what is amusing about that.
I'd call it a significant minority rather than a majority.
I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that there's a silent majority of people who can tell their heads from their asses and have at least a vague awareness of the world around them and the meaning and content of the documents they hand to H&R Block every year.
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@ben_lubar said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'm going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Care Act.
The saddest part is that a majority of Americans will not see what is amusing about that.
Thankfully, I'm in the minority for this one.
At yesterday's White House press briefing, a reporter asked something equivalent to: "Why won't Trump put his name on this bill, when the previous administration put their name on the bill you are replacing?"
How does one even respond to that, especially when it comes from a member of the press that is presumably good enough to get a White House press pass?
If you include the other branches of government in "the previous administration", it kind of works?
Maybe?
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@Polygeekery said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
@Mikael_Svahnberg so about the same value as a rotting fish corpse? Makes sense.
That depends on the fish and the level of rot. Once it gets into vintage years the prices go up rather steeply.
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Untie healthcare from employment.
This is one of the biggest things thwarting more entrepreneurs including myself.
I spelled entrepreneurs without help...I swear the world must me ending.
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@Karla said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Untie healthcare from employment.
This is one of the biggest things thwarting more entrepreneurs including myself.
I spelled entrepreneurs without help...I swear the world must me ending.
Nah, we're fine. No worries.
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@Karla said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
Untie healthcare from employment.
This is one of the biggest things thwarting more entrepreneurs including myself.
I spelled entrepreneurs without help...I swear the world must me ending.
And then me murders began.
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@Weng said in We're going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with:
I'd call it a significant minority rather than a majority.
Maybe, but I have consistently referred to it as the Affordable Care Act, and have been consistently met with blank stares when saying it.