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Thank you for your sane reply.

Your solution to the healthcare crisis is just make everybody lose weight and all the problems of our system go away. You ever try to lose 10 pounds? 100? Spend some time in a gene…

#3 - Kaiser is great, no question. Just not familiar with them since they don't have a presence in NYC. Honestly, if we had to emulate one model in the country it would definitely …

Kaiser is legendarily great healthcare, so I hear you. Not familiar with Kaiser being in NYC, but I can say that Aetna is probably the best insurer here (again, depending on your p…

"The poor apparently deserve their poor health access." Exactly what a large percentage of Americans believe. I disagree with them, but hard to make an argument for a better system…

Yes, you definitely should have a health insurance plan of some type. Your concierge doc fee will not pay for a visit to the ER, which can bankrupt the average person who doesn't h…

@ShredKazoo Most providers do communicate with the payor and have a decent idea of what you owe, so I was being a bit snarky there. If they know you have a zero copay, you make no …

Basically, like a doctor with a membership club. Generally doesn't take your insurance, although some services might covered by your insurance. Good example is MDVIP - https://www.…

A high deductible plan can save you money on the front end, but if you start using that plan you should prepare for rain - a deluge of bills from providers who have no idea what th…

If you have a zero copay plan and your provider is in-network, for example, you're not going to be getting a bill in the mail later saying you owe XYZ dollars. If, however, if you …

Agreed. If your employer is trying to skimp on cost you can end up with some really poor options. Lesson there is to find an employer that offers generous benefits. Easier said tha…

Veteran doc and health services executive here. Three recommendations to improve your overall healthcare experience as a patient. Number one recommendation: spend $$$ on a concierg…

Who do you think ODs on drugs? Just random people making bad choices? Obviously not. It's people who are losing hope, losing community, and losing themselves. Read "Deaths of Despa…

Can't begin to LOL this enough. Go ask people in Appalachia, on an Indian reservation, in urban public housing about their increased living standards. Living standards have surely …

Word, my brother.

Sure I'll give COVID and drug ODs their due in knocking down our overall life expectancy, but if we don't address the impacts of late stage capitalism (late stage Reaganism), we're…

My belief is that under Musk being verified will have a significant impact on your experience as a user. In other words, I think we're heading to a regime where you get verified or…

Agree on the utility for corporations of having an "official" account to guard against impersonators. But if Twitter becomes a ghost town it probably won't even matter if you're ve…

Jack's launching Bluesky soon, which is apparently just repurposed Twitter stack. Tribel looks like another option that many people have been talking about. Lately, I've been spend…

I'm a twitter "heavy user" - logging in daily and tweeting > 4x per week. Users like me make up 10% of users, but 90% of tweets. I've been a heavy user X 15 years and I'm still not…

Literally any electronic medical record system ever built. HUNDREDS of different systems on the market. Some with maybe a handful of doctor's offices using a particular system. Wor…

I like the betterdoctor price maps! Too bad you didn't have a chance to enter our competition, because you might have been a winner. By point: 1.) Good choice 2.) You need to consi…