You’re ignoring the fact that it’s nearly impossible to implement this right now. Big pharma and numerous politicians want to keep the status quo for as long as possible. By the time we have more affordable medicine, numerous people would have suffered greatly or died because they couldn’t access the medicine they need. Having solutions that don’t require an entire rework of the healthcare industry is necessary so that we can save as many lives as possible.
I’ve read enough accounts from both men and women to know that sexual harassment is not taken seriously at many places.
I do agree that it’s a stupid phrase, but the point of it is to say that bad apples ruin the bunch. Police in the US, especially the bad apples, rarely are held accountable.
Have you considered that depression is “hot” because a huge portion of the population no longer have to suppress their feelings?
PCP is an incredibly common term in the US.
I pay $30 per doctor’s visit and $40 if the visit is for a specialist. I also pay $0 for a yearly checkup and $0 for telehealth. For any hospital visits, I pay 20% of whatever the actual bill is after a $300 copay (basically a down payment), which came out to a total of $600 when I went to the ER. Lastly, my prescription drugs are capped at $10 per month for generics and $150 for some brand-name drugs.
I use a ton of healthcare and the costs have been super manageable, but affordability is going to vary wildly between people. A ton of insurance plans don’t start working until you hit an out-of-pocket minimum of several thousand dollars, and others work like mine except with way higher copays.
Lastly, insurance often doesn’t cover certain drugs or procedures. As someone with really good insurance with good customer service, it’s still an issue every so often, and the solution is either to find an alternative, try to find a manufacturer’s coupon and pay up, or suck it up and move on. There are insurance companies that use shady tactics to get them out of paying for certain expensive drugs that they’re supposed to cover.
Does the UK not teach media literacy? I went to public school in Texas and we were given lessons on basic media literacy every few years at a minimum, though I don’t think it was in-depth enough.
All that buying another soda maker does is create more waste. If you don’t want to support Sodastream, then buy some of the high-quality accessories from 3rd parties.
The company is based in Israel and makes a lot of their products there. That being said, they’re owned by PepsiCo, an American company.
In many ways, I think that accurately reflects US politics.
Your line of reasoning is like saying Igbo, Malayalam, or Algonguian doesn’t exist because you haven’t heard of them.
As a buyer, I’ve had to fight hard to get items returned to scammy sellers.
Windows 11
I’m one of the few people who genuinely thinks it’s a good OS despite MS’ shenanigans
I miss unhinged communities like AnarchyChess and Okbuddychicanery.
I don’t want to condone anything, but that is probably the most creative slur out there
In Texas, it’s pretty easy if you fit within the criteria and you do it early. You apply for a ballot, get it, fill it out, and send it back. As long as the USPS does their job (which on 1 occasion for me, they didn’t), it works out.
Why would Ukraine target Hamas?
(/s)
Who will replace him? Michelle Obama doesn’t want to run, Gavin Newsom has full support for Biden, and Kamala Harris is already VP.
I don’t think you fully understand right to repair.
Companies (most egregiously Apple, but Samsung, Microsoft, and other tech, farming, and medical companies as well) have been actively introducing barriers to self or third-party repairs for decades. Apple serializes their displays on iPhones, so if you were to swap the screen on an iPhone without Apple’s authorization or without specific hardware, your iPhone disables specific features on your new screen, even if it’s a genuine Apple part. Apple also has incredibly unfair and invasive contracts with their authorized service providers such that they have to provide a slower return window than Apple’s own service centers. Furthermore, Apple et al. don’t sell every part needed to fix phones, and even when they do sell parts, they are often sold as packages or bundles that make the parts unnecessarily expensive.
To be clear, it’s rare for companies to ban third-party repairs outright. However, the vast majority of device makers artificially limit who can buy spare parts and who can fix their devices via software, by tight supply chain control, lawsuits, or getting governments to seize the few parts that could be obtained. This means that most third-party stores can’t compete with manufacturers because they can’t get genuine parts without becoming “authorized”, and by becoming authorized, they can’t provide a quality service.