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Affordable Care Act is mostly still there, but
- the tax penalty for choosing no coverage was struck down in court, so more people are making this choice
- several states refused federal money to cover lower income
- republicans re-opened the door to junk policies that don’t provide meaningful coverage
Also the current administration is trying to
- replace support for state Medicaid programs with block grants that can be used to squeeze the state’s, who will reduce coverage
- repeal important features of ACA, like no refusal of treatment for pre-existing conditions, 100% coverage of routine care including immunizations
The bit about a tax penalty for absence of coverage is a bit much, does the government really need to kick someone when they’re down?
This was struck down in court years ago.
The “stick” was to encourage people to get coverage ahead of time or face the penalty. If they decided not to, the extra tax could help cover unpaid ER visits where they must be treated whether or not they can pay.
The “carrot” At the same time was reduced price insurance based on your income and expanded Medicaid coverage for people who couldn’t afford anything. This was paid for by the federal government but Medicaid is administered by the state: several Repugnancan states refused the money because their politicians were so set against providing free medical care
After the tax “stick” was struck down, coverage dropped without that penalty, and states where they refused the money left millions of lesser paid people without coverage . So yeah, we needed it
So musk heiling as he approaches naxiism is clearly unacceptable, but Pete Davidson heiling to satirize musk is fine?
Holy shit, I want this presidential debate. I want to decide between these two parties.
Right, this article is based on a flawed premise
To preserve America’s financial primacy, Trump must offer the world compelling reasons to remain within the dollar-based system.
But to all appearances Trump wants the opposite. Ending this system helps reinforce the isolationism that he seems to want, brings more control and wealth to him since everything can be based on bullying, kickbacks and deals, enables corruption, and lets Trump get short term wins. He can brag to his followers that he’s done these things, and they’ll love it.
… the enormous soft power it currently gives us over global finances and trade, the ability to write endless debt, an era of worldwide economic stability will be gone forever. But those aren’t things he values nor can explain to his cult
Here’s another: my family has a traditional Easter breakfast featuring “cheese”. But this “cheese” is eggs.
I don’t see anything like it online in the brief time I looked, but I imagine I have to some how break free of search results only containing contemporary and sponsored links and I just don’t have the time now
From an engineer at one of the legacy car manufacturers, they don’t want CarPlay 2 because it has privacy controls. They don’t want to give up so much access to the car, then have to access it over Apple APIs limited by privacy controls
I still like their technology. Hopefully they can figure out how to divest their owner
Slept in and made waffles for my kids …. I got too damn excited making Liege Waffles for the first time. The kids loved them but it’s a lot of work, even more cleanup, and molten sugar hurts like the dickens
It’s the weekend, so I got up early, walked the dog and started thinking about what to make my kid for breakfast.
I spent way too long looking at a four hour recipe (why not, dinner is a smoked pork shoulder that I really need to get started asap) before giving it up
Started off normally: eggs over easy and sausage links. Let’s make the pancakes a little different with bananas and walnut, and top with fruit and nuts ….
Critical question: why do we buy a specific syrup for pancakes? It’s just sugar (or corn syrup). So I used the syrup from canned mangoes!!!! Tastes great but a bit thin and I didn’t use enough. It would be easy enough to thicken up, I’m sure. But why isn’t this the norm? We should have flavored syrup all the time, maybe save money over the maple stuff
Oh, and splurged with egg nog.
Throwing this out there in case someone has advice …..
I got a smoker this summer and have been having a great time cooking new (large) meals. But my kids are back at college and I can’t depend on my ex. How do you find people to eat your meals?
It’s a weird situation where it’s a huge pellet grill and smoking tends to focus on large pieces of meat, but not everything freezes well. I want to go gangbusters with feasts, just when I no longer have anyone to appreciate it. Anyone know if there is such a thing as cooking clubs, or something? How do you find one or how do you break into one as a single guy?
Fwiw
- kids are back from college today, ex is coming over and ex-FiL
- smoked duck with orange maple glaze
- chicken for those not willing to try duck
- rice pilaf
- arugula salad with toasted pine nuts
- I plan to throw chocolate chip cookie dough in a cast iron skillet for brownies and top with ice cream
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Sorry, there’s protests and we can’t protect you (especially if we turn our backs)?