Oh joy! Went to get my COVID vax update this morning (timing makes sense for me: students pouring back with cases at peak, yuck), and…
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@tarmoamer
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Danny Boling ☮️replied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
"I am ready to see private insurance eliminated completely. I don’t see that it adds any value whatsoever."
YES!!!
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Danny Boling ☮️ last edited by
@IAmDannyBoling
[nods] I mean, people who share our view on this are I think far too careless about how easy or obvious the process would be. Pulling the knife out of the wound is dangerous, tricky business. But it is a knife, and it is a wound. -
Michael Dekkerreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands curious how this story ends. Couple observations: 1) running vaccines through any insurance scheme (public or private) is a deadweight loss; vaccines should be distributed primarily through public health agencies without middlemen involved. 2) In your situation, CVS ($90b revenue) forced you ($0b revenue) to loan them $200, with full knowledge that HP ($3b revenue) would pay them in a few days. The fact that you were inserted into that payment dispute reflects poorly on CVS too.
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Michael Dekker last edited by
@dekk
Well said. A quote that lives in my head now: Patients are the free labor of the health care system.And in this case, apparently I’m the bank too.
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@dekk @inthehands By this same logic, rebates are just loans you make to a corporation that hopes they won't have to pay you back
Yep. Story checks out
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Jima :Compromise_bi_flag:replied to B Haas last edited by
@belehaa @dekk @inthehands "save big money at Menard's️"
(This joke/reference might only make sense to the Minnesotans in the thread — they make a big deal about their 11% rebates, with arbitrary time limits on redemption.)
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Jima :Compromise_bi_flag: last edited by
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Jima :Compromise_bi_flag:replied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands @belehaa @dekk That...thanks, that'll probably help matters a lot.
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