The healthcare is the one of the biggest reason I started working for the City. My last job, I was paying $950 a month with an $8000 deductible for my family. Now it's $250 with an $8000 deductible. When I first started here, medical was free. I also have a PPO. I can have free insurance if I go HMO, but I hate having to use those doctors.
They are doing the same to Arizona, Utah, and Texas. Once they turn it blue, they start crying because their lifestyle gets harder to live. Then they start blaming the republicans.
The whole system needs an enema. In our region, dentists left and right are no longer taking insurance. They bill you full price and you have to get reimbursed by the insurer.
I'm working in healthcare now. We have a ridiculously good plan (our wages are a little below market, so there is a trade off). $0 monthly premium $3000/$5000 deductibles for a family of 4. IIRC the other plan was ~$400/mo $0 deductible. That said, since I use my company for most of my healthcare, they do end up getting a chuck of their money back.
Speaking for myself, I came to this site because I subscribed to Car Audio decades ago, and searched for the name specifically.
It's only a few dollars monthly to be a site supporter and your post wont be limited. Certainly less than a magazine subscription. Just a thought.
I really wanted to steer the site more toward basic car audio improvements as well as keep a bit of the competing nature that car audio is known for. The other car audio site that I won’t name has made a name for itself in diy car audio improvement and is doing very well at that. Other audio forums seem very active also with audio related topics. I tried to align the forum with more of a general, basic, diy car audio approach and away from the competition side, to try to gain a more general audience, as that is predominant these days. Perhaps I’m going about it wrong, or it just takes more time to regain activity. Google done major harm to the user base and traffic the past year and a half, but it’s improving on that end. I just hope we can recoup enough members to keep it active. Heck I just checked keyword “car audio” and was on the first search results page on Google. Formerly it had been on the 10th page or so of listings, if that. Not easy at all to rebuild an active user base though…
A close buddy of mine, who is an illegal, had a baby who was in the hospital for over a month. The baby was sent home with a prescription for name brand meds, diapers, formula, and bottles. That means, they didn't have to pay for any of those things for over a year. We, the taxpayers and medical insurance payers, got to pay for it all. He told me how the system works, and he and his wife have it made pretty good. He works and gets paid "under the table." the gov'ment pays for their home, food, utilities, and other essentials.
It's that catch 22 - more responses doesn't mean better responses/answers/content. Heck look at the 556 vs 223 debate on here. Post after post after post about the minor difference between 223 & 556, when it could all be wrapped up in 2 sentences.
The stories I could tell, but then I could lose my job (hipaa). Lets just say a lot of people aren't paying for their medical care and very few places will turn you away. Is Becky gonna get a **** job for free - no. If Becky is a breast cancer survivor and "needs" a free **** job, she'll probably get it. There are hospitals and clinics that literally aren't billing or incorrectly billing ~1/2 the procedures.
Yes, enough about the 223/556. We all agree that the shells exterior is virtually identical, as well as the projectile. The only differences is in the construction with the 556. It's a little thicker at the neck, the projectile can be moved a little further out, and it can be packed with a little more powder. The projectiles are the same grain, shape, and size. When loaded hot, the 556 will cause more damage. Otherwise, power-for-power, they will cause the same damage because the bullet weighs the same, are shaped the same, and going the same speed.
I have a few people that work in the bill department and other areas of the hospital. There are a lot of surgeries that we are paying for that are pretty sketchy.
