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Pfizer | 53 | 51.96% | |
Moderna | 27 | 26.47% | |
Johnson & Johnson | 6 | 5.88% | |
AstraZeneca | 4 | 3.92% | |
Novavax | 0 | 0% | |
Sputnik | 1 | 0.98% | |
Convidecia | 0 | 0% | |
Homebrew with a big dose of something special | 11 | 10.78% | |
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12-04-2020, 07:41 PM | #99 |
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Or get discovered. That's exactly why I don't do it. Too many skeletons in the Hawk family closet.
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The solution that other countries have come up with is to provide free college. Tuition is going up while wages are dropping, so it has never been harder for people to afford to go to school. The widens the income gap, as the rich continue to send their kids to school. In other countries, if you don't go to college prep middle school and college prep high school then you don't go to public university, which is entirely merit based. Private and trade schools might still have some financial aid, grants or support, but the have tuition. The idea behind forgiving college tuition isn't a free handout. It is a stimulus for the economy for one, and it is a way to free up people's earnings to go towards other things. That college payment could go towards a new car, or it could help someone pay off their credit cards, or it could be used for a down payment on a home, or whatever. Instead of money getting funneled to a few banks, the money can be freed up to be moved back into the economy and unsaddle students with debt, which typically delays buying a car, home, getting married, moving out, etc. Quote:
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Coupling healthcare with employment is the biggest bad idea. People lose their job, get fired, get laid off, or whatever like during this pandemic then they lose their insurance. If they change employers then they change their insurance, and possibly, their doctor. If their employer changes carriers then they could possibly lose access to the network their doctor is on. If someone wants to go to school or if they want to change jobs then this often means losing their insurance, even temporarily. It is actually a barrier for advancement. I know of people who were offered a per diem position at a higher wage/posiont, but it was without full healthcare benefits, and they didn't want to take a chance of going without insurance until a full time position opened up. Currently, those that don't have insurance just go to the emergency room and don't pay the bill. Hospitals rely on private insurance to make up the cost for any shortcomings for anyone without insurance or with substandard insurance, which is why premiums continue to go up and up. The inefficiency of people using the ER instead of using doctor's offices and having preventative screenings are one reason why the US pays more for healthcare, but has worse outcomes. We pay high pharmaceutical costs, and for-profit insurance has larger margins here too. We could do better.
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Vaccine rollout, from the 8th Dec. nursing homes followed by our General Practice Doctor surgeries (18th Dec).
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You know what the most popular option in countries with single payer healthcare? Private health insurance. That alone tells you they are all failures. Quote:
College tuition is insane, specifically because they are evil. There is a direct relationship between the amount of government money given out and the vast increase in college tuition. The further colleges move towards being in bed with leftists, the more government money they get, the more they brainwash people into foolish leftist slavery. I'd absolutely go for free college tuition if it was packaged with fiscally responsible government, a reduction in government by 75%, making it illegal to steal from taxpayers and give to anyone at all for any reason at all, and removing the patently evil income tax and property tax. Let's actually go back to the system the Founders created, they knew a hell of a lot more than anyone living today does. Jefferson wanted free college tuition for everyone, but he also wanted a government that didn't feel its citizens were property, like we have now. The biggest issue we all have is we view these things as problems, the people that created the system see it as working exactly as designed. They are the Founders worst nightmares, and the Founders were sure the citizens would never allow this to happen. |
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Private insurance doesn't fix a problem. Here is the problem: I don't have insurance, but go to the ER, and I don't pay my bill. What should happen? Option 1 is you don't let me in without insurance, but what if I am a trauma patient and my wallet is lost in my car or left at home, or I am found unconscious at the grocery store. We can't deny access for emergency care based on a need to immediately prove adequate insurance coverage or an ability to pay back the bill. Ok 2, so if someone doesn't pay then we will send them to jail or take their possessions or have them file bankruptcy. Well, this isn't far off. The number one reason for bankruptcy is medical bills. Meanwhile, the hospital just raises the premiums for private insurance anyways, so whether it is through taxation or through higher premiums, someone is paying for someone else, except in the latter case, it is far more because there isn't a mandate via taxation for everyone to contribute something. What about those pesky regulations that government uses to regulate the insurance industry? Should we throw out those too like laws against denying people insurance or raising their premiums to astronomical levels because they have a preexisting condition or because they are older? Did you know government healthcare has the highest customer satisfaction out of all insurance providers? https://news.gallup.com/poll/186527/...satisfied.aspx Quote:
Prices for tuition are much better controlled when college is free and the government sets a standard for reimbursement. Currently, a student takes out government loans and private loans for college, and prices keep going up because people will just take out more loans, and unfortunately, it is the private colleges which typically use private loans that most often are defaulted on. In a system with no government regulations or support, someone either has the money or doesn't for school, and school is expensive because it isn't federally supported with loans, nor is it state funded, so all we have is private schools with large tuition. This greatly limits who can get into school because only those families and individuals who can pay for college go. But I forgot...we have no regulations. I suppose then students will just find a way to get into school, even if it means taking out private student loans, and then they will just default on the loans and declare bankruptcy and not have to pay their loans. They could do that because we would be getting rid of government regulations, specifically the one saying student loans can't be written off from bankruptcy. I guess we are back to free college.
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Wasn't this a thread about some vaccines for the coronavirus?
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Fun story. My youngest coworker and I were leaving a job at a well-off middle managers house that is now working from home all the time.
I said something to the effect of "if this whole work from home thing goes much longer, I think we're going to see a lot of people without jobs as companies get smart and move those well paid managerial positions overseas for a fraction of the cost, just like they've done in the past with tech support." He got a really concerned look on his face and said " no, I'm sure the government would step in to prevent that." I'm concerned and laughing at the same time.
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