Oh, come on: you went because you were called.
Big tech don't like to admit the regulatory powers they exist at the grace of.
Tech bros, got to learn you some respec. Hahaha! :)
Why YC went to DC
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At $LastCompany, someone gave them Contributor (Create/Read/Update/Delete) access to Azure because it was easier than scoping to 5 roles they required. I wouldn't be shocked if we were not only ones. Edit: Their software should really check and refuse to work if someone does that but obviously Vanta doesn't care. They can begin scanning and billing.
Vanta cofounder/CEO here. Thanks for the feedback. What we should probably do is take the credential, start scanning, and then nag them with a failing test about overly-permissive roles. Our own role is an easy check because we know what to expect, but there's other best practices here we can check for (and in some cases do, though not 100% comprehensively across all clouds.)
Glad one of many things is getting fixed.
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Before Obamacare, if California's taxpayers became the single payer behind medical care in California, then millions of poor chronically ill people would have moved to California from the other 49 states for the free medical care --unless I am wrong in my belief that there is nothing California voters can do to prevent US citizens from moving to California.
Why couldn't they put in restrictions such as a having worked in California for x years or lived there for y years.
The Privileges and Immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, more or less.
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Radical suggestion (maybe I'm too British): health insurance not being tied to employment or work whatsoever?
Here’s a radical suggestion: stop calling welfare-for-doctors insurance. If you want insurance, those are known as major-medical policies under which the sniffle visits are still the patient’s responsibility — just like how insured car owners pay for their own oil changes. With “health” “insurance,” neither side has price sensitivity. Patients ask whether it’s covered and if so, back the truck up to get as much as po…
What you are saying makes sense IN THEORY. however in practice in the US most people have the shittiest insurance, at the highest cost. A chunk of america doesn't have insurance and we all pay a lot extra for their problems, and a friend of mine is in the chunk who is taking medication he is alergic to, because the stuff he isn't he can't afford, and finally we have the wealthy who have the best healthcare in the world.
Insurance for an optional thing makes sense: You don't _have_ to drive (okay, I'm in NYC), but you can, and you need insurance if you do. And mainly its to cover damage _you_ do to others.
For health insurance. Everyone in the world will need healthcare. Period. The only exception is if you're super healthy and then get your head suddenly cut off and are dead instantly. Other than this one case, you will need health care. The problem is that in america, breaking your arm, or getting alcohol poisoning may bankrupt you. And as any doctor will tell you: An ounce of prevention is worth 2 in cure. Let people get treated before things get bad, and they can stay productive members of society. As John Oliver said "the national anthem should be people holding out their medical bills and complaining in unison, because it is the only experience that ever single american has in common"
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Why couldn't they put in restrictions such as a having worked in California for x years or lived there for y years.
The Privileges and Immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, more or less.
This works just fine in other contexts. Eg. when you move to Alaska, you only start getting your Permanent Fund dividend only when you’re Alaskan resident for a full calendar year. You are only eligible for resident hunting permit after 12 months of residency. There are many more examples.
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#406Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Privileges and Immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, more or less.
This works just fine in other contexts. Eg. when you move to Alaska, you only start getting your Permanent Fund dividend only when you’re Alaskan resident for a full calendar year. You are only eligible for resident hunting permit after 12 months of residency. There are many more examples.
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Canada has spending limits, but they aren't in $, but in procedures. It varies by province, but Alberta will do n heart surgeries per year, and who gets them is by triage
Yes. They are limited by facilities and labor that is dictated by provincial spending. Right now the government in Alberta is actively and publicly trying to reduce spending on the public system, and trying to use that as an excuse to go private. The number of doctors and facilities available is a direct function of money in other words. If you increased spending on doctors and facilities rather than reducing it like…
> An American with no ability to pay will wait far longer than an Albertan for heart surgery.
Won't they be covered by Medicaid?