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jeffw , 4 months ago

Here’s a thought… maybe they could try making a good game?

jeffw , 4 months ago

Buy puts?

jeffw , 4 months ago

Oh my god, I did not realize you were talking about stock options haha. My brain just did not register it in this context

jeffw , 4 months ago

Not sure I buy that. I think there’s been a steady decline. None of the sports titles have done anything interesting in years. Shooters have been declining too. Go back a decade and they had some bright spots like Battlefield Bad Company, which I’d argue broke the mold that they’ve used before and after those games.

There have always been a couple games here and there that were good, just like the Bad Company games a decade ago and the Jedi games now. But those are the exceptions

jeffw , 4 months ago

That’s an odd take. Courts interpret laws. What law or constitutional measures forces them to ban healthcare?

jeffw , 4 months ago

They can say “it’s not constitutional to ban healthcare.” They aren’t bound only by the text of the law.

jeffw , 4 months ago

I’m quite sure a constitutional scholar could come up with a well worded reply to make that argument in detail. I’ll just say that I think part of individual liberty is accessing healthcare.

jeffw , 4 months ago

The constitution doesn’t say we have a right to lay bricks so we should ban construction, right? Reading into the constitution and assuming they understood modern brick making would be a massive leap.

Or something like that? I don’t really get what you’re saying.

jeffw , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Most healthcare systems in the US are non-profits. To run a non-profit, you still need revenue to operate no matter where you are or what you do. They have to pay their own bills just like anyone else.

Bring on the downvotes. Then go ahead and take all of your local hospital’s funding and see what happens.

Edit: maybe people misunderstood my point? People are replying and saying that profit shouldn’t be part of healthcare. Yes, but that doesn’t solve the problem of funding. Every hospital gets money. Pick your favorite country, the hospital still gets money.

jeffw , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

You say I’m wrong and then you go on to reiterate my exact point about money. Hospitals require funding and they are funded in every developed nation. Nonprofits do not have a profit motive. They argue with your insurance company for more money, just like every other developed nation, regardless of whether it is directly single payer or a system like Germany or Japan, which largely rely on private companies.

jeffw , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Here’s an actual study on the issue.

You’re largely right about nonprofits not contributing enough, but that’s a systemic issue that reflects the poor quality of the system and how it’s funded in the first place, such as the way we allow insurance companies to take huge chunks of our money.

jeffw , 4 months ago

Did you have an actual response to the fact that hospitals need funding?

jeffw , 4 months ago

It’s wrong that hospitals need money to operate? Bud, I got a master’s in this… which hospital are you aware of that doesn’t pay for electricity or pay its providers with money? Talk about patently ridiculous.

jeffw , 4 months ago

Healthcare administration. Why did you dodge my question? Where do hospitals not pay for their electricity or pay their workers money?

jeffw , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

It’s illegal for them to send you a bill because a provider isn’t your network. One of the few good things passed under Trump. Lmk if you need any specific help or information in disputing that bill.

Edit: assuming this ER visit happened on or after 1/1/2022. Or potentially earlier depending on your state.

jeffw , 4 months ago

OECD data shows that wait times don’t significantly vary based on how a system is funded. The USA is just plain bad at wait times. That being said, the UK’s system is not the best example.

jeffw , 4 months ago

So it’s actually more complicated than that (at least to your first point, the points about drug companies is accurate). First, I support M4A, especially plans like Bernie’s that improved reimbursement. One major issue is that the government (Medicaid in particular, Medicare also) pays below costs in some cases. So hospitals charge a shit ton to commercial insurance to make up for their loss on other patients.

In terms of employers saving money, most large employers have moved to self-insurance (70-80%, depending on how you define “large”).

jeffw , 4 months ago

Wow that’s a lot of words to say you can’t think of how to run a hospital without paying people.

And I agree, the fact that you need a master’s to understand how a healthcare organization runs is absurd, but that’s the state of things in the USA (to be clear, the MHA is my secondary master’s, but it’s the field I ended up in). However, my existence doesn’t depend on anything. If we were nationalized, I’d still have my job, just like the janitors or the administrators everywhere else in the world. You can’t just run a medical practice with a doctor and no other staff. I’m sure you’re creative enough to think through this and understand that maintaining a building, checking people in, running computer systems, etc. requires more than just a doctor.

To add to this, I could make more money doing a very similar job at a random company. Take Kellogg’s as an example. But I don’t, because I like working with patients and providers. But keep on assuming I’m an asshole because I work in healthcare and I’m not a clinical staff.

Now, back to my original point, which I’m really fascinated to hear the answer to. Since you seem to argue that I can’t pay my docs, janitors, nurses, or utility bills, how do I keep things open? Even a nationalized system pays salaries. A healthcare system needs money, unless you’re in a society that doesn’t rely on money.

jeffw , 4 months ago

I apologize, I think you’re too smart for me. May I ask you to dumb down your point for someone who has such a low IQ that they got stuck working at a hospital? I jest in how I say that, but I legitimately do not get what you’re so angry at me for.

You’re free to block me, although I’m not clear why you’re so mad that I criticized the US healthcare system when you also seem to be angry at the same system.

Maybe this is all my fault for wording my original post poorly, sorry.

jeffw , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

I don’t mean this in a condescending way, but that’s a great question. Lmk if my answer isn’t clear and I can elaborate more.

Single payer is not nationalized healthcare. Those are two different models with very different implications for funding.

Any business could buy up their downstream suppliers, just like the government could nationalize hospitals. But most governments (and most businesses) don’t do that.

In a single payer system, hospitals would get paid from one source, plus supplemental services that people buy out of pocket. What a hospital gets paid impacts what they can pay their employees. Ever heard someone say “why would they be an EMT for $15 an hour when they could make that flipping burgers?” It’s the same logic. Private companies lobby single payer govts so that they can attract employees, among other things they can do with money. More money makes running anything in a capitalist society easier.

If you’re nationalized, then the healthcare workers are government employees.

jeffw , 4 months ago

Apologies in advance, my app doesn’t seem to want to show me what context this is in, so I might be off base in my reply, but yeah, that’s a good solution. The problem is that in the USA, if you raise taxes by .0001% people throw temper tantrums. They’d rather pay out the ass for private insurance. I know people on Lemmy don’t feel that way, but that’s how Americans are.

jeffw , 5 months ago

Damn they’re gonna convict Pac and Jay’s murderer in the same year, 20-30 years after the crimes.

jeffw , 5 months ago

Exactly. And this is Lemmy, the modlogs are public. People always want to believe things are a conspiracy instead of logically considering more plausible reasons.

jeffw , 5 months ago

Can you point to a community where it’s not public? I’ve never seen one and my understanding was that was a feature of Lemmy, if not all of the fediverse

jeffw , 5 months ago

technically Trisomy 21 is the most common cause of Down syndrome. It is not actually synonymous, as some people with Down syndrome do not have Trisomy 21.

jeffw , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Translocation is not referred to as Trisomy 21

jeffw , 5 months ago

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone

Hilarious when discredited outlets call other news outlets discredited.

Some people want for Israel to be the only bad guys here, when the fact is that Hamas is shitty as well. Also, rape during war is so incredibly common that I’d be shocked if it weren’t happening. But this outlet doesn’t believe the Uyghurs are being attacked by the CCP either

jeffw , 5 months ago

I mean, it’s true. WSB has been under scrutiny and introduces the risk of litigation or legal action towards Reddit. That could hurt stock prices. It’s all pretty routine to disclose potential risks in IPO documents or regular annual shareholder documents.

jeffw , 5 months ago

In risk management terms, lack of profit isn’t a risk. That’s more so an outcome.

jeffw , 5 months ago

The second result I. The USA is the hotline too.

jeffw , 5 months ago

Food for thought: Lemmy instance admins probably can’t afford $800 an hour corporate attorneys to fight off subpoenas.

jeffw , 5 months ago

It took them years to go after the RomHacks, so that’s not much of an argument

jeffw , 5 months ago

Empathy towards people experiencing sexism, or an other form of discrimination, is a useful skill to develop.

jeffw , 5 months ago

It’s possible, but there is a “holier than thou” tone in a few of their questions. It could be an asocial person, but even then, it’s a teachable moment.

jeffw , 5 months ago

I was just about to give OP the “most sexist” award….

jeffw , 5 months ago

Ig I’m sorry you got caught being a sexist?

jeffw , 5 months ago

I honestly can’t tell if you’re trolling or ignorant lol

jeffw , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

Unemployment data always excluded students and everyone else outside of job seekers?

Edit: OP is lying, don’t believe unsourced stuff you read on Lemmy

jeffw , 6 months ago

Have a couple sources that explain how you’re wrong:

globaldata.com/…/the-unemployment-rate-of-china-2…

m.investing.com/…/chinese-unemployment-rate-1793#….

jeffw , 6 months ago

Something tells me you’re a CCP shill based on your post and comment history, huh?

jeffw , 6 months ago

Amazing what not punishing things does

jeffw , 6 months ago

Blockbuster had new releases and a handful of classics. One store probably had .01% of the volume of titles on Netflix. If they even had that many.

jeffw , 6 months ago

Always thought this was BS and Wikipedia confirms my assumption:

In 2002, lecturers and students from the University of Plymouth MediaLab Arts course used a £2,000 grant from the Arts Council to study the literary output of real monkeys. They left a computer keyboard in the enclosure of six Celebes crested macaques in Paignton Zoo in Devon, England from May 1 to June 22, with a radio link to broadcast the results on a website. Not only did the monkeys produce nothing but five total pages largely consisting of the letter “S”, the lead male began striking the keyboard with a stone, and other monkeys followed by urinating and defecating on the machine.

jeffw , 6 months ago

Just women in Scotland. Don’t extrapolate your results too far!

jeffw , 6 months ago

NBC produced about 10 articles focusing on Jackson’s failures since it was uncovered last fall. Very in-depth reporting. The failure here is that kids on Tik Tok don’t read news, then get fed rage bait about news media failing to cover things that they already covered.

jeffw , 6 months ago

Is t that the JWs that spam? Maybe I just don’t live near Mormons

jeffw , 6 months ago

The last major brood batch showed up a couple years ago. I think it’ll be fine.

jeffw , 6 months ago

I didn’t mean to sound like I was dismissive of your issues. I just think it’s absurd that a bunch of people with zero clinical experience jump to the worst possible conclusions (which, if it is anxiety, will just make this worse)