OlDawg

SV 6 LS 0 Halftime

Of course. It keeps them out of tariff territory. I don’t care either way. If it lowers drug prices, it shouldn’t matter. This isn’t D vs R. This is the buying public vs Big Pharma.

7% of the electorate? 5,000 total votes. A historically Democratic stronghold that even voted for Harris? Not sure that’s a major tell like the article tries to represent.

What a punt!

SV D is so fundamentally sound.

SV FG attempt blocked. LS holds in red zone again.

SV 3 LS 0 2nd SV inside red zone again.

Sack & fumble! SV ball on LS 45.

SV 3 LS 0 SV moving the ball thru the air. But, LS clamping down near the red zone.

Good 4th down stop at their goal line by Lone Star. SV marched down the field on first possession. LS held. LS ball on their 3.

Okay. Here’s an actual Trump effect. Lower drug prices. [Hidden Content]

[Hidden Content] Plagiarism at its finest. (If you copy exactly & paste into a decent search engine with quotes, it will take you to the source if it’s verbatim plagiarism. I use Duck Duck Go. But, I’m sure the other biggies work similar.)

What does this have to do with Trump? I guess I’m lost…

Need a miracle turnaround. At this point, SETX may wind up 0-5.

I'm not sure you even know what you typed means...

Both these defenses are putting in work.

Fumble Stephenville!

I thought he was down.

Voluntary Medicare buy-in has been looked at for decades. Allowing people in the 50-64 age range to voluntarily buy in has generally shown to have the opposite effect of what researchers thought. Basically, people in that age range are being overcharged for the services they use, and when they leave the individual marketplace, those who remain insurance costs rise dramatically, while Medicare premiums and costs rise only minimally—if at all. The younger, sicker people are the ones left on private markets. [Hidden Content]

In other news, the 3 judge appellate panel ruled Trump is within his rights to deploy the NG in DC for crime prevention.

More than money. Freedom. The freedom of true choice. That's not what the Dem's & Obama gave us. They gave us the illusion of choice with a hefty price tag. Make no mistake. I'm not an ACA fan. I am a pre-existing coverage fan. Other than that requirement, I think the market should be open with cafeteria style plans available to whomever. Let the insurers offer us their options. Let us choose. Or, choose not to be covered. No government intervention telling them what they have to offer as a minimum covered item. Stipulate with Medicare/Medicaid/Chip. Those are true government run systems. Don't tell private insurers what they have to cover as far as specific items.

I’m making an assumption here, but I imagine your ESI insurance (employer sponsored) went up because of the ACA mandate of minimum coverage for a company with more than 50 employees. The minimum coverage had to be equivalent to what the government stipulated in ACA as required minimum coverage. That may have been more than what y’all were being offered through your employer. Of course, much of the requirements (birth control, etc.) were things the government shouldn’t have been stipulating IMHO. They added costs for us all, but almost pure profit for the insurers.

Nope. I think everyone’s in agreement that healthcare costs are out of control. Mine went up as well. I was still working. Now, I pay an exorbitant amount with no other options. The only thing I ever agreed with about ACA was preexisting coverage. That could have been done another way. Didn’t need the monstrosity we have now.

People that are on Obamacare are paying taxes as well. Many, many independent contractors, doctors, small business owners, etc. are also on Obamacare. So are seniors in the gap that are still paying taxes on their Social Security while trying to hold a part-time job to make ends meet. Obamacare covers more than just the 'poor.' The law made it--basically--the only game in town if your employer doesn't offer healthcare. I think people still forget this fact. Around 8% of the U.S. population is on ACA. Over 20 million people. We're almost all getting screwed by the costs. 91% of Healthcare Is Government Subsidized. [Hidden Content] Who is willing to do away with the employer tax benefit for insurance that allows them to pay you more? It's no different than the Obamacare subsidy. Could be easily argued it's worse. Not sure many realized that--unless they're on private insurance--they're probably receiving a subsidy of some sort for health insurance.

Makes sense to me if the opt ups happen.