OlDawg

Growing up on a farm in Dalhart, TX., we were insured by Texas Farm Bureau. Yes. That’s what I think insurance should be. ‘Member owned.’ Our current medical insurance is non-profit run by Harris Health Dept. But, ACA requirements are still effecting costs. For medical insurance, I’d like to see split coverages for prescriptions similar to Medicare Part D. Prescription coverage is a huge adder onto major medical. If split out cafeteria style, with some type of credits, tax free HSA’s or similar, given to individuals where they could choose among different plans—or no plan—my belief is that people could save a sizable amount on premiums. Some people (don’t know a number, but I’d think a pretty good amount) only want major medical. They don’t need many expensive prescriptions. Others need the prescriptions more.

Nothing wrong with a little regulation. Depends on the regulation. Even a conservative/libertarian/free market believer knows there has to be a little bit of regulation in most things. Otherwise, it's the Wild Wild West. I'm still in the camp of required/medical insurance should be issued by non-profit arms, or sole non-profit entities. Insurance--to me--is a shared risk business like a Credit Union. THAT would be the regulation I would seek.

The video I was able to find didn't specify what orders they were being asked to disobey. It was also a stupid request the video participants themselves wouldn't have followed while serving. I am providing the Code of Conduct and consequences. A Servicemember gives up many rights. They knowingly do it when they choose to serve. It doesn't matter the circumstances. Active protesting by a Servicemember is disallowed, and disobeying a direct order will immediately send you to an Article 32. When a Servicemember decides to disobey an order, they darn sure better make sure the order isn't legal. Very few orders qualify, and their entire life will be ruined if they're wrong. POTUS hasn't ordered DOD personnel to do anything illegal or unconstitutional--regardless of this stupid video--and the DOD personnel know it. So do those on the video. Theater. Trump calling the people's actions on the video 'seditious and traitorous' is also theater. He has no idea what he's talking about. Hyperbole by all.

Agree. But, Weiss is the most dangerous for most teams with that passing attack. They can run the ball pretty well also when you have to focus so much on the pass. If I were a coach, I’d rather play CS than Weiss right now. Playing a 70% passer in a prolific pass O isn’t a good recipe for most secondaries. (LP should have taken Weiss out. Staff let the boys down. Embarrassing to say the least.)

I watched that game. Anderson sat quite a few starters. I didn’t think they would because of trying to keep their undefeated record. But, they did. Right now, the two most dangerous 12-5A teams are CS and Weiss. Your comparison of AMC to WB is fairly accurate IMHO as far as play style. But, AMC is much better. Anderson has a solid D and an adequate O. Anderson—even as the 1 seed is—IMHO—the weaker of the group.

I would guess that much of the tariff policy was based on needing income to offset costs in the BBB. The Administration HAD to be thinking ahead about it, and wanted a talking point to show offsets. I don’t think it was all about new trade negotiations. Just a somewhat educated guess on my part.

It’s against UCMJ for military personnel (in uni’s or not) to actively participate in protests. If you choose to disobey a direct order, you are immediately taken into custody to await court martial proceedings.

I assume you're talking NE of me? BH? Crosby is actually north. I can root for the localish/SETX teams. But, I like Anderson's 2 LB's, and their D is used to a balanced passing attack. I think they'll pressure Barrier into mistakes and misfires. I like the Trojans by a score in this one.

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Epstein doesn’t even make the list of any poll taken about the public’s Top 10 concerns. Yes. Polls show most voters of all persuasions think the government is covering for power players. Most voters think all files should be released to the public. But—again—the issue doesn’t make their Top 10 concerns. Epstein doesn’t directly effect their daily lives.

I would only have PAM making it out of this round. They would have an edge in weather moreso than any of the other teams.

In my limited circles, this isn’t a major issue. It never even comes up. What comes up is the cost of home, auto, and medical insurance. Also, how many can afford to come for Thanksgiving, how can we budget to feed everyone, and get them a place to sleep. Finally, how are we going to budget for Christmas? Can we just send texts for Christmas instead of cards since USPS raised stamp prices again, and we’re not sure people even care about cards any more? No disrespect to the victims. But, if this comes up at all, people just say ‘fry ‘em all’, and then go right back to the above concerns. It takes all of about 10 seconds. I think some are really overestimating the interest in this topic.

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For every tariff $$$ that comes in, government spending should be cut by the same amount. Shrink the size of the Federal Government, and make the tariff revenue actually an offset for personal taxes.

I didn’t miss it. I’m just astounded by the glibness in some of the posts about this topic. (Not necessarily just yours.) How about these simple concepts for starters? Make every insurance company that deals with Medicare/Medicaid/ACA either be non-profit, or use a non-profit arm of the company. Do away with ‘children’ 26 and under being able to stay on their parent’s plan. Set the age lower. 26 is ridiculous. Allow ANYONE to purchase a catastrophic plan with a high deductibles/OOP, no routine doctor visit coverage, testing, or prescriptions, and it must include preexisting coverage. Basically, an umbrella policy that pays nothing until you hit a large $$$. Set different ranges that cost different amounts per range. Prescription coverage could be totally separate plans. Look at their formulary, and pick the best one for your needs. Or, pick none. To me, insurance companies shouldn’t be for-profit anyway. If the law requires us to have the insurance, a for-profit company shouldn’t be able to insure it. Insurance companies should be run like credit unions. Shared communities sharing risk for the benefit of their members. Of course, politicians from either side would never entertain any of these thoughts because the insurance lobby wouldn’t fund their campaigns or pet projects then.