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Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by sergers »

markdown wrote: post #496
sergers wrote: post #350

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BC banned private MRI clinics a year ago. They did however bring some under the provincial healthcare fold, so general turnaround times have improved with more scanners... And they are running more often (they weren't running 24/7. I work in imaging, visited 100s of hospitals in Canada and mainly USA. Would be uncommon to see a unreported list in USA with exams 24 hours or older. In Canada it was common to see months…

> BC banned private MRI clinics a year ago. Would you mind explaining why they'd do such a thing?

It wasn't specific to MRI clinics, but they elimited two tiered healthcare opti9ns as some perception it benefited the wealthy, and would attract doctors to privatized healthcare, further impacting public healthcare.

Same thing for non-elective surgeries.

You can't goto a private clinic for a surgery offered under public healthcare

Basically removed being able to pay to skip the queue, some people felt it was unfair, and to uphold integrity of public healthcare...

2 good recent sources on the topic.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7326893/bc-supreme-court-ruling-p...

https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/private-two-tier-healthcare...

Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by trynewideas »

philipkiely wrote: post #15

I work at Gumroad, mentioned in this article. Sometimes, I read things by CEOs about how a company works on the inside and I wonder if it really looks like that, or if it is a view from the top that doesn't reflect what it's really like. This article, with its discussions of the upsides and downsides, is accurate to my experience and my understanding of other people's experiences. For many people, Gumroad wouldn't be…

> Everyone at Gumroad is paid very well and should be able to afford the same.

I wrote a long and very emotional response to this. In the end I decided to simply say that, if I worked at Gumroad instead of at an employer who pays me about 10% less but pays even just part of the premium on mediocre health insurance, the events of the last six months would have killed my partner, bankrupted me, and left me widowed and homeless in the middle of a pandemic.

At best, I'd be six figures in medical debt.

At worst, I'd be seven figures in medical debt.

You all can go without insurance? Great. That's great _for you_. Congrats _to you_. Good luck _to you_.

Yes, the system is horrendously broken. But just acknowledge — just _acknowledge_! — that it's a massive, massive, massive privilege to be able to afford to work a job that doesn't offer health insurance in the United States as it exists right now.

Consider how many people absolutely cannot fathom working for Gumroad as a result. I don't want to hear you do it. Just think. Think about it. Please!

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Post by cromka »

eloff wrote: post #219
cromka wrote: post #201

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I truly doubt that's the case: absolutely none of the contractors employed by the global-brand investment bank I work for use e-mail addresses that are any different than those of the FTEs.

I've encountered this in my work as a contractor. Depends on the company.

I was referring to "I know there is a legal thing in some countries" part.

Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by cambalache »

thordenmark wrote: post #491
cambalache wrote: post #268

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Why is that?, genuine question

You can watch the episode of JRE to see the contempt Jack Conte has for creators. For example banning people because just because he disagrees with them, not because they violated any terms of service on the platform. Also, Patreon is sorely lacking in utility for users, so many missed opportunities for social networking, functionality, and usability. Everything I've ever read or seen by Sahil Lavingia has shown his…

Well, then Patreon is for the "taking". I know it is not that easy, but sometimes being shitty does not pay off

Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by mlyle »

newswasboring wrote: post #485
kgwgk wrote: post #457

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Some forms of getting private care are indeed illegal: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/private-two-tier-healthcare...

From the article >“In Canada, the absence of a private system is not due to the illegality of private health care per se,” reads a 2001 analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Rather, the lack of a flourishing private sector in Canada is most likely attributable to prohibitions on subsidization of private practice from the public plan.” Seems fair to me.

Things like paying for a non-public health scan are indeed facing legal crackdowns, though:

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/...

So someone in this position now would have fewer options besides waiting their turn in the queue.

Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by mlyle »

kjakm wrote: post #442
grapehut wrote: post #341

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My friend in Vancouver had lung xray show up something weird and the doctor scheduled her for an MRI. The appointment was in 7 months. Instead she got the MRI in a private clinic for a pretty reasonable cost and came back with the results for her doctor. If that's not indicative of something broken, then I don't know what to tell you.

What were the results? If it was a serious issue that needed treated urgently there is a problem. If it was not then she was prioritised correctly and there's no issue.

By that logic, playing Russian roulette is safe if one doesn't die.

The question isn't whether it was a serious issue, but whether it had a reasonable probability of being one.

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Post by mlyle »

skissane wrote: post #393
bash-j wrote: post #365

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Food is more expensive in Australia and serving sizes are smaller.

A related factor: US sugar subsidies make sugar expensive, so a lot of manufactured foods in the US contain High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) instead. On a kilojoule-for-kilojoule basis, excessive intake of HFCS is a lot more harmful to health than excessive intake of sugar is. By contrast, Australia has a long history of being anti-agriculture subsidies, and fewer foods here include HFCS (most of those that do are imp…

For clarity, US sugar tariffs make sugar expensive.

Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by konjin »

austhrow743 wrote: post #420
konjin wrote: post #331

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There's a huge trough in what you can do with what you can buy when you earn between $80k a year and ~$8m. It's the same shit just better. Your shitty commuter house 3 hours out of town is now a mansion 20 min outside of town. Your shitty 1990 ford fiesta is a very nice 2020 BMW. Your shitty healthcare plan is a great healthcare plan, but the main difference is how nice the plants at the doctors office are. If you wa…

Sure if you try to go up in quality you hit diminishing returns. Not quantity though. $80k and you're working for the rest of your life. $8m and you retire at the end of the year.

You can retire on $80k too, it just happens to be in Afghanistan.

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Post by ElFitz »

capableweb wrote: post #441
ElFitz wrote: post #436

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But then you’d also be able to afford spending it helping your community and giving some to local or non-local charities Heck; I’ve always thought that the first thing I’d do after winning the lottery would be paying off my parents’ mortgage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (disclaimer: haven’t won yet)

Indeed I could, but I much rather hire two co-workers and cut my salary is three pieces and give them one piece each, if it would come to that. Life's more than money and people jump on the chance to do something they find is meaningful.

That’s also an option. However it usually isn’t up to the employees

Re: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees

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Post by newswasboring »

mlyle wrote: post #515
newswasboring wrote: post #485

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From the article >“In Canada, the absence of a private system is not due to the illegality of private health care per se,” reads a 2001 analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Rather, the lack of a flourishing private sector in Canada is most likely attributable to prohibitions on subsidization of private practice from the public plan.” Seems fair to me.

Things like paying for a non-public health scan are indeed facing legal crackdowns, though: https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/... So someone in this position now would have fewer options besides waiting their turn in the queue.

> Extra billing is defined as additional fees charged by a physician or a clinic for a publicly-funded health procedure that is medically necessary, or when a patient pays out of their own pocket for such a procedure in a private facility

This is about extra billing, not per se about MRI. So still seems fair to me.

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