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Participant1GB data can actually go a long way. When I had data, I was generally on a 1 or 2 GB plan and seldom hit the throttling cap.
July 6, 2019 at 10:00 PM in reply to: Question for old folks: granite and hardwood, long term trends #812973ParticipantStainless steel countertops (maybe over plywood for noise attenuation). Resistant to virtually anything, cheap if you buy castoffs from a restaurant supply place, and once they scratch enouh, they become dull but look decent.
July 6, 2019 at 4:34 PM in reply to: Question for old folks: granite and hardwood, long term trends #812971ParticipantDepends on where — in NJ and NYC, wood (hardwood or parquet) never went away at all. Carpet was seen as cheap crap for rentals. Maybe it has to do with climate. When you come in with wet/dirty/snowy shoes, crappet is not ideal.
ParticipantI’d rather not have data. I don’t have the self-discipline not to use it, so I’ve expunged it from my life.
Participant$15/mo non-data plan. Cheapest data plan through T-mobile is $30/mo(?). I’m ADHD and I like having times when I’m not distracted by an e-toy. I want to make utilizing the Internet a deliberate choice, not a default. If I’m taking a dump, I’d rather use the time to daydream — being connected 24/7/365 reduces creativity.
Frankly, if I could get away with only a landline professionally, I would. Fixed-line VoIP is a few bucks per month, cheaper than the cheapest cell plan.
ParticipantI just cancelled data on my phone and turned off cell data on the device itself. If I need data, I’ll connect to public wifi.
ParticipantState schools used to be tuition-free or nearly so until the 60s and 70s. UC Berkeley used to be $300 per year in the 1960s. Given 8x inflation since then, that’s like $2400 per year now.
Why is public medical insurance any crazier than Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security? All of which theoretically duplicate private functions.
ParticipantNY state already increased their Medicaid buy-in threshold to $50,000 for a family of four. It’s not called Medicaid, but “essential plan”, but it comes to the same thing. I suspect that states will gradually raise this threshold and allow people to buy into Medicaid until they end up with a de-facto public option. It will be done slowly so as not to piss on the insurers’ parades, but it will happen.
ParticipantIf 90% of people have the same basic insurance, medical billing becomes much easier. You no longer have to pay as many medical billing people to deal with 20 different systems. Reimbursements become known and clear-cut — it’s not a lottery, and you’re more likely to get paid a good portion of your bill. The collections people go away for the most part too. A lot of bureaucracy that’s responsible for qualifying people for different insurance programs goes away too.
I’m not advocating for true single-payer, just something like Medicare + Medigap. Private insurance will still exist, but it will play a secondary role.
ParticipantGradually encourage more people to go onto MediCal — as the system gets flooded, providers will be forced to take it as the % of patients using it in a given area increases. Or just mandate that they take a certain % of patients as a condition of keeping their license in CA.
ParticipantDoes the system only do SATA through the SSD slot and not recognize devices that are only PCIe? Or maybe you got a dud drive?
ParticipantWhy would a public option necessarily become single-payer? Hasn’t happened with Medicare. You have Original Medicare (the public option), private Medicare, and Medigap insurance. As diverse a market as the private insurance market in the US.
ParticipantMy question about public insurance is this — why not just sell Medi-Cal as a plan on Covered California, so people can buy into Medicaid on a sliding, income-based cost scale?
ParticipantRetracing the same highs it’s been bouncing off since early 2018. Stagnation for 18 months, impressive.
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