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Not to drop the pc bomb... but isn't the name kind of racist? The Sherpa are an ethnic group, after all. HealthNegro? HealthWhitey?
Not to drop the pc bomb... but isn't the name kind of racist? The Sherpa are an ethnic group, after all. HealthNegro? HealthWhitey?
The Sherpa is one race where nothing negative is said about them... And if you want to do, better look up about their bravery and count the costs :)
> The Sherpa is one race where nothing negative is said about them...
First of all, this isn't true (source: my Nepali family).
> And if you want to do, better look up about their bravery and count the costs :)
This practice has been a major source of criticism in the past. The Sherpa people are often hired by wealthy foreigners as guides for mountaineering, and while there's a perception that they are "locals" and therefore at less risk during these expeditions, this isn't always the case. It's often been described as an exploitative practice, and I can assure you that many Sherpa people do dislike their ethnic identity being used as a synonym for "guide".
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Haha, I got just as angry as you did, but the sentiment as you expressed is not correct. It would be more like HealthIrish, HealthPolish, HealthCatalan, etc. Having said that, the misuse of Sherpa, specially in the US, really, really really bugs me. Really really really. A lot of my friends are Sherpas, and when someone on TV misuses 'Sherpa' I just..want..to...throw things at the tv. Sigh. We gotta wait for the Sher…
At least when I was growing up in the '60s-'70s, the connotations of Sherpa were entirely positive; Wikipedia also doesn't indicate anything bad associated with the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa (well, who knows about the quality of the "psychedelic power pop band from Auckland, New Zealand" :-). A nice, helpful expert who because of nature and nurture was better suited to the extreme environment of the…
What does it mean to say that "it's not done out of disrespect", when it's done even despite the objections of the ethnic group in question?
In this particular case, I can assure you that many Sherpa people very strongly object to the use of the word "Sherpa" as a synonym for "guide", and they do indeed feel it is very disrespectful.
What is the benefit to using your site instead of healthcare.gov? I just ran a search (I'm in Florida) and it looks like the same options I have on healthcare.gov.
I believe it is only the UX...As far as I can see.
Take MetroPlus for example: their plans looks good on paper, but their network consists of overcrowded municipal hospitals. Take a look at their yelp reviews for a more realistic picture: http://www.yelp.com/biz/metroplus-health-plan-new-york
That's pretty awesome growth from the 40 signups NYT reported you had as of March last year! [1] Congratulations on the incredible break-out success. If the broker's cut is average just $100 / year (WAG) on 110,000 signups, that's ARR of $11 million. Holy shit, nicely done on $1.1m of funding. Their agent platform [2] nets just $10 per application and gives the agent the full commission, but even just $1m revenue is…
I am definitely stepping out on a limb here, but I would imagine HealthSherpa uses the HealthCare.org API and would not have a product offering without Healthcare.org having laid the ground work (i.e. consolidating the insurance plans available and offering the API).
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At least when I was growing up in the '60s-'70s, the connotations of Sherpa were entirely positive; Wikipedia also doesn't indicate anything bad associated with the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa (well, who knows about the quality of the "psychedelic power pop band from Auckland, New Zealand" :-). A nice, helpful expert who because of nature and nurture was better suited to the extreme environment of the…
> It's like the American usage of Indian tribe names for naming sports teams and Army helicopters, that's not done out of disrespect What does it mean to say that "it's not done out of disrespect", when it's done even despite the objections of the ethnic group in question? In this particular case, I can assure you that many Sherpa people very strongly object to the use of the word "Sherpa" as a synonym for "guide", a…
I thought I addressed that with part you omitted quoting, "although there are of course the inevitable malcontents."
Who speaks for these people? Have they ever submitted these sorts of questions to a vote?
As long as e.g. there's a reasonable number of Apache tribes-members who are proud our biggest, baddest, proven in combat attack helicopter is named after them, I don't give a [expletive deleted] about the malcontents, most especially including the SJW crowd.
And if Sherpa has mutated into simply "guide", that's also addressed, in my "I can't speak for post-70s" qualification. Given your closeness to that situation, are all or even most of the "Sherpas" upset with all the connotations the word had accumulated in English over the decades? If you claim the latter, how do you know?
The problem, in NY at least, is that none of these sites account for the quality of the provider network, so you're fooled into thinking the quality of coverage just comes down to deductibles and coinsurance limits. Hopefully this works itself out over time, but right now network quality a serious problem affecting most of the plans offered on the NY state exchange. Take MetroPlus for example: their plans looks good…
The 2nd issue, none of these plans on the market place make healthcare affordable to those who were previously uninsured due to cost. Yes, there are subsidies for premiums, but once someone actually has to use the plan, most can not afford the out of pocket co-pay much less the deductible. Due to inability to truly afford their subsidized insurance plan, people avoid using their insurance and so all the mandate really seems to do is line the pockets of the insurers with subsidized premiums on behalf of people who knowingly will not use their plans.