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    A simple poll about medical recommendations

    I'm a practicing clinician looking for some feedback on how people interpret medical statistics. Specifically, there were very recent changes to the recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer, lowering the age of screening from 50 y/o to 45 y/o. Please take 30 seconds to give me some...
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    Pardons - Question about the tradition in light of Arpaio

    Not a political science major, but I do believe that was the entire point. Just as the judicial system undermines the legislative system. But that doesn't answer my question. Why grant meaningless pardons if the purpose/function of the pardon is simply negating the punishment?
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    Pardons - Question about the tradition in light of Arpaio

    So the judge who ruled on Arpaio's pardon stated that the pardon only cancels the punishment, not the record or a crime having been committed. This makes sense, but I have a question about the use of pardons given this opinion. Below is the list of pardons from Obama near the end of his...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    Provide a reference please, and tell me, does that $100 premium include the aptc "discount" or not? Your stat is self-serving, as obviously people who qualify for the aptc would likely opt for a marketplace plan. Those who don't get the tax credit are likely to a.) go without insurance, as...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    Other than during the periodic epidemics, the infant mortality rate from influenza was still relatively low (worst quoted rate I can find is 10% of those who were infected in German Samoa during the 1918 pandemic). The vast majority of people who got the flu, got better. And then, now, etc...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    I get what you are saying. But your dates are a bit off. You see, insurance didn't become "the way we pay for healthcare" until about the mid 1980s. Check out the graph on this link I posted earlier: https://fee.org/articles/if-cosmetic-surgery-has-a-working-market-why-can-t-medical-care/ You...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    Come on, you're splitting hairs. "you can decide if you want to have all, some, or none of your estimated credit paid in advance directly to your insurance company to lower your monthly premiums."...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    I find that hard to believe. Please give a link supporting this. Here's a link that suggests the opposite: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/18/more-than-half-of-us-says-they-cant-afford-to-pay-over-100-per-month-for-health-insurance.html Not only do people say they cannot afford a paltry $1200/yr...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    As further evidence that insurance is a huge reason prices are as high as they are, consider this. I live in an area that has a large population of Mennonite and Amish (collectively referred to as the Plain Community). Most of these people do not have insurance, either because they are...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    Bull****. If people saved the tens of thousands of dollars they spend on premiums during their youth, it would more than cover their medical costs later in life. Mathematically true. Insurance companies pay almost all the medical bills incurred, right? They are paid premiums by consumers, which...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    Here's my homework: My current policy, which is the cheapest marketplace plan (out of three plans from a single provider because all the others dropped out) requires me to pay $25,800 in premium and deductible before insurance covers dollar one. I used $0 of healthcare last year, so I'm...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    Your point being that the previously cited trend of patients seeking more healthcare resources for the evaluation of non-pathologic complaints does not contribute to or account for an increase in total healthcare utilization and cost? That the overuse of antibiotics and opiates (new topic, I...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    People don't have an entitlement attitude toward healthcare? Then let them pay for it out of pocket. Simple as that! Treat healthcare like any other commodity, such as clothing, and I'd be right behind you. If everyone had to pay out of pocket, prices would drop, just as they have for cosmetic...
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    New Study Shows Obamacare is Stabilizing, Not Imploding

    You are saying that we currently have few entitlement programs. That is true, especially compared to elsewhere. But the push from many sources is to increase entitlements. Progressives and liberals WANT entitlement programs, and that is what the ACA was. It was taking from the wealthy to give to...
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